Biratnagar, November 9
Police have arrested a woman and her alleged lover for allegedly murdering her husband with an iron rod to conceal their extramarital relationship in Mohanpur, Ward 2 of Jahada Rural Municipality in Morang district.
The victim, 40-year-old Budhram Soren, worked as a labourer at an industry in Jherahat. He had returned home on Sunday to celebrate Tihar when he was killed.
Morang Police Chief SP Kabit Katwal said the arrested suspects were Soren’s 35-year-old wife, Kamali Baske, and 27-year-old Sunil Mishra from Katihar district in India’s Bihar state.
According to Katwal, preliminary investigations suggest that the three had consumed alcohol together at home. After Soren went to sleep in his room, Kamali and Mishra allegedly struck his head with an iron rod as part of a planned murder. Soren died at the scene from severe head injuries.
The suspects allegedly locked the room from outside and fled. The crime came to light when the victim’s 13-year-old daughter opened the door with a key and found her father lying in a pool of blood.
Police arrested Mishra hiding near the house. Kamali, who had fled, was arrested from a paddy field near the house on Monday morning while allegedly attempting to escape to India.
Police said the two had been involved in an extramarital relationship, which Soren had discovered. Preliminary investigations suggest they planned the murder to conceal their relationship.
