BHAKTAPUR, Dec 23: Police said that they are carrying out a search operation to locate the elder son of Kul Prasad Acharya, who is suspected of killing his father and younger brother in Bhaktapur.
Acharya, 56, a non-gazetted first class officer (nayab subba) was found dead on Monday morning in the rented room of his sons in Balkot, Bhaktapur. He was the acting head of the District Post Office, Diktel Khotang and had come to Kathmandu on December 17.
While his younger son, Prabin Acharya, 22, was found dead along with his father Kul Prasad, the elder son, Milan Acharya, has been out of contact. The two brothers, Milan and Prabin, were living together in the same apartment.
Elder son accused of murdering father, younger brother in Bhakt...
Others, who lived in the same house, reported that on Sunday the lock to the room where the brothers stayed was not open. The police said that the murder might have been perpetrated on Saturday itself.
DSP Dhundi Raj Neupane, spokesperson for the District Police Range Bhaktapur, said that an investigation has been initiated as the father and the younger son were found dead in separate rooms. The dead bodies were found in locked rooms with injuries on them.
DSP Neupane said that further information about the incident will be received after the elder son Milan comes in contact.
The bodies of the father and son have been taken to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital for post-mortem and the incident is being investigated, he added.
Late Kul Prasad had two sons and two daughters. The elder daughter is a non gazetted first class officer while his youngest daughter lives in Australia.
