KATHMANDU, MARCH 5
Police have arrested two persons for their involvement in the murder of Maan Bahadur Rawat, 32, who was found dead in Thak-Thok area of Dulal Gaun in Budhanilkantha Municipality, Kathmandu, on March 1.
Rawat, who hailed from Tatopani Rural Municipality of Jumla district, was an alleged drug supplier. His body was found in a pool of blood in an isolated area under mysterious circumstances.
Initially, police had struggled to identify the deceased.
However, as soon as the identity of the deceased was revealed, police succeeded in arresting the accused murderers.
According to police, they have confessed to the crime.
Among the arrested are Yakuv Chaudhary, 23, of Budhanilkantha Municipality and Karan Paswan, 16, of Barhathwa Municipality, Sarlahi.
Both of them were residing in Srinagar tole in Budhanilkantha Municipality.
Police said the arrested duo was also addicted to drugs and they had charged at Rawat out of rage for failing to provide them with drugs.
Issuing a press release, police said both the murder accused had provided Rs 35,000 to Rawat after the latter promised to provide the drugs they were seeking.
However, even days after taking the money, Rawat had neither returned their money nor provided the drugs they were seeking.
On the night of February 28, the young lads had gone to meet Rawat. The infuriated youths who did not get drugs that day thrashed Rawat with bamboo stick and killed him.
Police have also apprehended the weapon used to kill the man.
Meanwhile, Kathmandu District Court has remanded them to judicial custody for five days for further investigation.
A version of this article appears in the print on March 6, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
