A five-year-old boy was found murdered in mysterious circumstances at Brumdi, Benighat Rorang rural municipality-1 in southern part of Dhading district. Ashman Tamang, 25, of Brumdi killed five-year-old Bibek Tamang on Saturday night, the Area Police Office, Gajuri stated. A local teacher Tulsa Thapa said that the boy was reportedly bludgeoned and strangled to death when he was asleep at home. The locals took Ashman under control after the murder and handed him over to the police. The police has started investigation in this connection.