PANCHTHAR, April 3: The District Police Office (DPO) of Panchthar on Sunday made public a person arrested allegedly for his involvement in the murder of a businessman nearly two months ago.
Another accomplice in the murder remains at large. Dinesh Regmi, 33, a businessman at Rabi Bazaar, was found dead in a forest in Phuyatappa of Illam district on February 13.
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He was into gold business and also ran a shop of mobile sets. Police arrested Min Bahadur BK, 28, from Kathmandu on Thursday in connection with Regmi's murder. BK owed about Rs 3.5 million to Regmi. BK had committed the murder as he could not find means to repay the huge debt.
"BK has confessed in a police statement that he had one accomplice while carrying out the murder," said DSP Krishna Prashad Koirala, chief of the DPO, Panchthar. "The other one remains at large. We have launched a manhunt to nab the other suspect," he added.
