Releasing a field study report in the capital on Friday, the Network, that brings together women leaders of various political parties, has suspected of the family´s involvement in the murder of Hasami.[break]
The family has earlier alleged that estranged lover Babu Khan had set Hasami on fire.
Continuing threat by the family members against Babu Khan before the incident, slow response of the family members to save Hasami after she was engulfed in the fire, unwillingness to take her to the hospital and threat issued against those raising alarms over the incident were some of the points raised by the Network that, it says, has raised suspicion over the family´s involvement in the murder.
The evidence found during the field study puts the family members under the umbrella of suspicion, said member of the study team Kalpana Dhamala.
A resident of Gulariya municipality-8, Bardia, Hasami was set ablaze inside her home on December 7. She succumbed to the burn injuries at Bir Hospital in Kathmandu five days later.
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