Netrakona: A sand trader was found dead in a guest house in Birishiri area of Durgapur in Netrakona on Friday afternoon, reports UNB.

Rezaul Karim, officer in-charge of Dhurgapur Police Station, said Nurul Islam, 30, a resident of Shantinagar area of Dhaka, came here two days ago for business purpose and rented a room of ‘Bichitra Guest House’.

After taking breakfast, he went to his room at about 11:00am.

When the cleaners of the hotel entered the room they found Nurul’s throat-slit body lying in a pool of blood on the bed at about 2:00pm.

Later, the hotel authorities informed the matter to police.

Police detained hotel manager Sujon Devnath for interrogation.