CHITWAN, July 13: A person accused of murdering a woman three days ago at Kalash Hotel in Narayangadh was arrested on Tuesday.

The District Police Office, Chitwan arrested Hem Bahadur Thapa, 26, of Gumdi VDC – 9 of Dhading. He was arrested in Dhading and brought to Chitwan, police said.

Thapa is accused of murdering Rita Bhujel, 27, from Mangalpur of Bharatpur Sub Metropolis – 16 at the hotel. Police claim that Thapa murdered Bhujel at the hotel before fleeing.

The accused has confessed to mixing a rat poison in Bhujel's meal at first and strangling her to death with a shawl after she started to quiver in pain, police claim. RSS

 
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