BAHRAICH: A municipal body member was found hanging at a city hotel here, police said on Thursday. Krishna Bahadur Khadka (68) was the chairperson of a Kohalpur municipality ward.
The police were called to a private hotel on Wednesday when the staff could not open the door of a room.
When the room was opened, the police found Khadka's body, Circle Officer (city) Triyambak Nath Dubey said.
The body has been sent for post-mortem examination, they said.
Gajendra, son of the deceased told reporters that his father had left the house on January 13 without informing anyone.