An unidentified body of a man was found inside a parked container at Salakpur in Sundarharaicha Municipality-8 of Morang district on Tuesday.

The body of the man, who appeared to be in his 50s, was found on the front seat of the container (Na 3 Kha 4743) this morning, DSP Deepak Shrestha, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Morang said.

According to locals, the container was parked in the area for the past four days.

DSP Shrestha said that a team from the Area Police Office, Belbari under the leadership of Inspector Khagendra Dhamala has already reached the incident site to carry out an investigation.

He assumed that the man may have been the driver or assistant driver of the container.

Further investigation into the case is underway, police said.