A Nepal Police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) stationed at Darkha Area Police Office in Northern Dhading was found dead on Friday.

According to the police, ASI Bir bahadur Gurung, a resident of Gorkha, was found dead in a nearby maize field at 6am this morning. He was asleep until 11pm yesterday night at the tent from where the police station is being run after the 2015 earthquake destroyed the police station building.

A team of police personnel under DSP Dipendra panjiyar Tharu has been sent to the incident site for further investigation.

The incident site is some 40kms from the district headquarters.