Dhangadhi, Decmber 28
Police in Kailali have arrested one more suspect in connection with the murder of two policemen in October this year.
The new arrestee, identified as Amar Rana aka Suka Bahadur (34), a resident of Dhangadhi sub-metropolitan city-10, planned the murder, claim the investigators.
He was arrested at Phulbari of the district on Monday. “After we received a tip-off that he came back to Nepal from India on Sunday, we arrested him,” informs the District Police Office Chief, SP Anupam Shamsher Rana.
ASI Govinda BK and constable Ram Bahadur Saud who were patrolling the Jugeda area in Kailali on a motorbike were attacked by unidentified persons on October 17. BK’s body was found in the Mohana river the next morning whereas Saud was also found dead nearby, on October 20.
A preliminary investigation has concluded that the duo were attacked by smugglers after they blocked their illegal cross-border transactions.
The District Court has already sent eight other suspects of the case to judicial custody until the final verdict.
