The trader, identified as Birbhan Bista, 52, was returning home from his shop at Gobaraiya when he was attacked with sharp weapons. His body was found in a canal some 200 meters from his shop on Monday morning.
This is the seventh murder in Kanchanpur in the past three months. None of the murderers has been arrested yet.
Six members of the same family hacked to death in Sankhuwasabha