Dhaka: The manager of a restaurant located on Nababpur road in the city was found dead at his workplace on Saturday morning.

Deceased Anwar Hossain was the manager of Hotel Al Arafat.

Duty officer of Bangshal Police Station Sub-Inspector Rafiqul Islam said that the manager along with other employees used to sleep on the first floor of the restaurant at night.

Employees, this morning, found manager’s body lying in a pool of blood on his bed. On information, police rushed in and recovered the body.

Police, meanwhile, detained 19 employees of the restaurant for primary interrogation while one of them is on the run.

Several injury marks were found in different parts of the body, including neck and head, the police official added.