KATHMANDU: Journalist Saroj Raj Adhikari has been found dead in a hotel in Kathmandu, police said.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Dineshraj Mainali District Police Range Kathmandu said that the journalist Adhikari was found hanging from a ceiling fan of Siddharth Hotel in Sundhara, Kathmandu.

His wife had filed a complaint with the police after Adhikari did not return home since the past two days.

The police tracked down his mobile phone and found him dead in the hotel room.