A contractor of the food directorate was found dead at a residential hotel in the district town on Tuesday. Police recovered the body of Tofazzal Hossain Akanda, 52, son of late Khoda Baksh Akanda of Soidebgaon village in Muladi upazila of Barisal district, from Salam International Hotel in the afternoon. Police said Tofazzal checked in at room 304 of the hotel on Sunday. The hotel authorities informed police after getting no response from him till Tuesday noon.