Kith and kin of Rana Bahadur Gharti of Dang, who was abducted and subsequently murdered, have refused to receive the body. They organised a silence rally in Ghorahi on Friday and demanded life imprisonment to the guilty. Gajaman Gharti, father of Rana Bahadur, said that they will not receive the body until the government guarantees education and health care for his two sons. Gharti, a permanent resident of Hapur in Ghorahi was heading towards Rukum with his Indian friend in a vehicle (HP 118648) when the abductors intercepted his vehicle mistaking it for Raj Kumar Shrestha’s vehicle near Kapurkot in Salyan on June 9. The abductors kidnapped Gharti in fear that he would disclose their identities. His body was found at the Jhimpe Lek Bhagyanj Jungle in Salyan after 34 days while Shrestha’s body was found after 21 days at the same place. Police have so far arrested 10 persons in connection to the abduction and murder. Police had made public Man Bahadur Bhandari, 35, of Ghimpe, the alleged mastermind of the incident, Tika Ram Gharti aka Nirmal, 40, of Shantinagar-2, currently residing at Tulsipur-6 and his daughter Puja amid a press conference at the District Police Office, Dang, on Tuesday. A special team of Nepal Police had arrested them from Nepal-India border. Similarly, Bhupendra Bhandari, 28, of Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City-8, was arrested from Tulsipur-11 while Khum Bahadur KC, 30, from Kathmandu and Narayan Oli, 41, of Beluwa Shivajyoti, Tulsipur-9 from Tulsipur, police informed. Earlier, police had arrested Man Bahadur Pun alias Ramesh, 40, of Ghorahi-4, Rugat Tahap Magar, 23, of Tulsipur-6, Abiral Mahatara aka Kamal, 25, of Tulsipur-12 and Jama Pun, 38, of Naya Bazaar, Ghorahi-14 for their alleged involvement in the abduction. अपहरणपछि हत्या गरिएका घोराही–१२ हापुरका २८ बर्षिय व्यवसायी रणबहादुर घर्तीका परिवारले अझै पनि शव बुझेका छैनन् । दोषीलाई जन्मकैदको माग गर्दै उनीहरुले शुक्रबार घोराहीमा मौन जुलुश गरेका छन् । घर्तीका दुई छोराको शिक्षा र स्वास्थ्यको ग्यारेण्टी गर्दै हत्यारालाई जन्मकैद नहुँदासम्म शव नबुझ्ने बुवा गजमान घर्तीले बताए । जेठ २६ मा व्यवसायिक कामका लागि रुकुमतर्फ जाँदै गरेका घर्ती सल्यानको कपुरकोटबाट अपहरणमा परेका थिए । तुलसीपुर उपमहानगरपालिका–५ का ५३ बर्षिय व्यवसायी राजकुमार श्रेष्ठलाई अपहरण गर्न आएका अपहरणकारीलाई चिनेका कारण घर्ती अपहरित भएका थिए । अन्तमा अपराध लुकाउन अपहरणकारीले घर्तीको हत्या गरेका थिए । उनको शव ३४ दिनपछि सल्यानको छत्रेश्वरी गाउँपालिका–४ झिम्पे लेक भञ्ज्याङ जंगलमा फेला परेका थियो । श्रेष्ठको शव २१ दिनपछि लेक भञ्ज्याङ जंगलमै फेला परेको थियो । प्रहरीले हालसम्म १० जनालाई पक्राउ गरी अनुसन्धान गरिरहेको छ ।