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Murder convict arrested after 13 years of crime from Parbat

Murder convict arrested after 13 years of crime from Parbat

By Rastriya Samachar Samiti

PARBAT: Police on Saturday said they arrested a murder convict after 13 years of crime from Urampokhara in Parbat district. The arrestee has been identified as Lital Thapa of Bihadi Rural Municipality-5, police said. Acting on a tip-off, police had arrested Thapa from his house on Thursday. It has been learned that the murder convict was living under a fake identity as Man Singh Thapa. Thapa, along with five others, had attacked Roshan Rana of Beulibas with a sharp weapon on May 18, 2003 following a dispute over a loss in a volleyball match. The Parbat District Court on January 15, 2011 had slapped Thapa, Dil Pratap Sen, Laxman Sen, Ram Bahadur Pulami, Resham Bahadur Thapa and Dipu Sanu Thapa with a life sentence.