DHARAN, Feb 22: A body that was found inside two bags in the forest of Apagachhi area at Dharan-4 along the Dharan-Bhedetar road section of the Koshi Highway on 16 February has been identified. The body was identified about a week after it was found.
According to police, the deceased has been identified as Deepak Sigdel, 43, of Damak Municipality-5, Jhapa. According to the police, he was killed and brought to Dharan to dispose of his body.
Body found in bags at forest along Dharan-Bhedetar road
Police have not given details about the incident. District Police Chief and SP Sanjay Singh Thapa said that investigation is underway and the police will hold a press conference today. According to him, some people have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in the murder.
Similarly, SP Thapa said that it took time to hold a press conference as the arrested were changing their statements time and again. "Those arrested have been talking in two or three ways, but the evidence is overwhelming. There will be a press conference today,” he said.
On 16 and 17 February, a dead body was found inside two bags in the forest of Apagachhi area at Dharan-4 along the Dharan-Bhedetar road section of the Koshi Highway. The locals had found a head and one leg in a bag when they went to look for firewood in the forest around 4PM on Wednesday while a team from the Federal Police Unit and Area Police Office Dharan searched the forest and found other body parts in another bag on Thursday.
