KATHMANDU: The Federation of Contractors Association of Nepal on Monday announced that all construction work across the country would be halted until all the perpetrators of the murder of FCAN President Sharad Kumar Gauchan were caught.

Ram Sharan Deuja, general secretary of FCAN, said Gauchan’s murder had posed a threat to all contractors and construction businesses in Nepal.

He said contractors would halt all construction work until Gauchan’s murderers were arrested and action taken against them.