Subash Upreti, son of well-to-do parents based at New Baneshwor, engaged three others to kill Roji and also attempted to extort money from the girl´s family. [break]
The relationship fissure between the two batch-mates of Nepall College of Management took the nastiest turn as attempts by Subash including a suicide attempt reportedly to win back Roji failed, the police said.
According to investigation officers, Subash made up his mind for the crime after he met Raju Lohar, Kumar Ghising and Sachit Khadka of Thasikhel, all local criminals. As per their plan, Subash picked Roji from Pulchowk at 11 am and rode her on his motorbike. That morning, Roji had left home at around 9:30 am on her scooter which she parked at a bank at Pulchwok before riding with Subash.
As the couple reached Nallu, Raju who was already waiting stopped them and pretended to make an inquiry. Roji was shocked and asked Subash whether he knew the guy stopping them. "At that very moment, Raju fired a bullet on her head with his revolver," said the police.
As the bullet knocked Roji down to the ground, Subash and Raju dumped the body in a small gorge covered with trees.
Roji´s family subsequently received two text messages through her cell phone sent to her brother´s mobile the same evening demanding a ransom of Rs 3 million for her release. A phone call before that could not be heard well and attempts by the family to contact the number were unsuccessful.
Metropolitan Police Crime Division (MPCD) picked Subash the same night following clues garnered from call details. Subash kept mum until Tuesday night when he finally revealed his involvement in the cirme.
MPCD nabbed Sachit and another accused Hussein Rai for hiding information while Raju and Kumar are still at large. Kumar had taken a token money of Rs 175,000 from Subash for the crime. Police recovered two rounds of 7.62 MM bullets during a raid at his rented room at Thasikhel.
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