KATHMANDU, MARCH 17
Police today made public the murder accused of two separate homicide cases inside Kathmandu that had happened within three days.
On March 13, the body of a young man was found dumped inside a bamboo shed at Tokha Municipality in Kathmandu.
Two days later, the body of a woman was found inside a sack dumped at a river bank on the squatters' settlement in Balkhu.
Metropolitan Police Range, Teku, in a press meet today, made public the accused in both cases, who, according to police, has confessed to the crime.
Police were under pressure after two murders had occurred within an interval of a few days.
On March 15, the body of Santoshi Shrestha Sapkota, 32, was found inside a squatter's room.
Her body was tied by many layers of plastic rope and packed inside a sack.
Senior Superintendent of Police Ashok Singh of the range said police had found a hammer clotted with the victim's blood and other evidences from the crime scene.
Police said Santoshi was killed by her husband Santosh Sapkota. He was arrested yesterday from Kuleshwor. Police said Santosh was a drug addict.
The relationship between the couple had turned sour for some time. Police had also found some ampules of diazepam, a common medicine used by addicts.
After killing his wife, the murder accused had absconded and looted her mobile phone, gold ear rings, gold bangle, gold chain and some cash that she owned. "The accused has admitted he committed the crime," SSP Singh said. Further, he added that Santosh had been constantly nagging his wife under the influence of drugs and might have killed her for money.
Similarly, three persons were also made public today on the charge of murdering Aashish Limbu, 22, in Tokha. Limbu was a permanent resident of Urlabari in Morang district.
Among the arrested are Bhupendra Kumar Sah, 19, an Indian national from Bihar, and Sheikh Abdul Alam, 21, and Mohammad Kasim Mansuri of Rautahat. Sah and Alam were arrested in the capital whereas Mansuri was arrested in Rautahat.
Police said they had killed Limbu inside a motorcycle workshop named 'MD Workshop', located at Tokha Municipality.
"Preliminary investigation has shown that the trio had murdered Limbu as he had gone inside the workshop under the influence of drugs amid confrontation over trivial matters,'' SSP Singh said.
Later, the accused had wrapped the body in a bedsheet and thrown it a few kilometres away after transporting it in a scooter that was left by a customer for repairs.
A version of this article appears in the print on March 18, 2021, of The Himalayan Times.
