A Belarusian man employed with Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project was found dead at a residential area in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna on Friday, police said.

The deceased was identified as Ivanu Maxim, 52, an employee of contractor firm Ruinwald in the under-construction project.

He used to live in room number 152 on the 15th floor of building number 1 in the Green City residential area, a housing project for foreigners at Natun Hat in Sahapur of the upazila, said police.

Maxim's neighbor from the adjacent flat spotted him lying unconscious on the floor at his flat around 7 am and alerted the police, said Asaduzzaman Asad, officer-in-charge (OC) of Ishwardi police station.

The body was sent to Pabna General Hospital morgue for an autopsy.

"We suspect Maxim might have died of cardiac arrest," the OC added.