An elderly security guard was found murdered in the Soesdyke NDC compound early yesterday morning.

The body of 71-year-old Cecil Hamilton of Soesdyke was discovered with his hands and feet bound with cloth and his mouth stuffed with newspapers, the police said in a release yesterday.

The grillwork to the NDC overseer’s office had been cut and the office ransacked, the statement said, while a safe containing cheque and receipt books was missing along with a computer monitor.

The police are investigating.