A staff nurse was found murdered in Biratnagar on Friday.

DSP Ranjan Kumar Dahal of the District Police Office, Morang said that Chandrika Kumari Das (22), who has been living at a rented room in Biratnagar-4, was found murdered this afternoon.

According to him, Das was working at the Nobel Teaching Hospital in Biratngar.

Das, a permanent resident of Phulkahakatti, Siraha, has been living as a tenant in the house of Dhirenda Giri at Budhathoki Marga in Biratnagar-4 near the hospital.

DSP Dahal said that the body was found in a toilet of the house at around 12 pm.

He said that she was murdered by using a sharp weapon.

Further investigation into the incident is underway, police said.