Phidim, December 17:

Sukhabir Hembya, 17, slaughtered Chandrakala Moktan, 40, with Khukuri this morning, following a domestic dispute.

Moktan, who was living in Hembya’s home, was a resident of Amarpur VDC-9 in Panchthar district, according to the District Police Office, Panchthar.

Hembya is absconding and Moktan’s body has been taken to the Panchthar District Hospital for postmortem, police said.