All shops were closed in Kudu after the body of a hotel owner was found along the Ranchi-Kudu-Logardaga National Highway this morning.

Though the police had sent the body of Pradeep Sahu to a nearby hospital for post-mortem, the businessmen and shopkeepers were blaming the police for their failure to provide security to him.

The hotel of deceased Pradeep Sahu was located at block mod falling under the Kudu police station in Lohardaga district.