Biratnagar, July 17
The chairman of Kerabari rural municipality in the Morang district of Province 1 has been stabbed at his own office over a tax dispute.
Rohit Karki has sustained an injury on his head in the attack, according to DSP Man Bahadur Rai of the District Police Office. Bhawan Thakuri, 32, a resident of Kerabari-10, has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the attack.
Thakuri had received a contract from the local government to collect a tax for the recently concluded fiscal year 2019/20. As the contract expired, the government itself began collecting the tax, infuriating Thakuri.
It has been learned that Thakuri had snatched away a khukuri from the office security guard to attack Karki. Police also confiscated an additional knife from his possession.
