Jaya Kumari Rai of Khoku-4, Dhankuta, was killed by her own lover but to cover-up the crime, he hung the dead body, police said. Police found the dead body of Rai at Guransedanda of Dhankuta on Saturday and initially thought she had committed suicide.
Rai was a graduate student of Dhankuta Multiple Campus. Her killer, a Nepal Army soldier, is still at large and the police have not divulged the details.
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