Incident Reports

Body seized from pyre for murder probe

2018-03-20

Madhes, Rautahat, Katahariya, Ward 5

Police seized a woman’s body from funeral pyre at Katahariya Municipality-5 in Rautahat district on Tuesday, suspecting the victim was beaten to death. Acting on a tip-off, security personnel from Area Police Office in Katahariya confiscated Rajkumari Devi’s body from the crematorium while the relatives and neighbours were preparing to perform the funeral rites. Preliminary police investigation shows the victim died after husband Bijaya Sah Sonar thrashed her following a dispute on Monday night. In a bid to destroy evidence, the suspect’s brothers and nephews took the woman’s body to the bank of river Lalbakaiya on Tuesday morning and were about to burn the body. Police have arrested four persons in connection with the crime. The main accused Bijaya is absconding. The search is on to arrest Sonar, police said. “We came to know she was beaten to death. The police team immediately reached the site and confiscated the body. Detailed investigation is underway,” said Inspector Govinda Thapa at Area Police Office in Garuda. The body was taken to Gaur Hospital for postmortem. According to police, there were seven persons and a child in the crematorium when the security team reached there. Some of them fled from the site. There were bruises around the neck of the victim, said police. प्रहरीले एक चितामा जलाउनै लागिएको महिलाको शव बरामद गरेको छ । श्रीमानको कुुटाइबाट मृत्युु भएकी महिलाको शवका साथै दुई बोतल पेट्रोल र पाँच किलो चिनीका साथ जलाउन गएका चार आफन्तलाई प्रहरीले नियन्त्रणमा लिएको छ । महिलाका श्रीमान् कटहरिया नगरपालिका–५ का ३५ वर्षीय विजय साह सोनार घटनालगत्तै गए रातिदेखि फरार रहेको प्रहरीले जनाएको छ । जिल्ला प्रहरी प्रमुख प्रहरी उपरीक्षक यज्ञविनोद पोखरेलका अनुुसार अभियुक्त सोनार र उनकी श्रीमती ३५ वर्षीया राजकुुमारी देवीबीच घरायसी विवादमा गए राति झगडा भएको थियो । झगडाका क्रममा अभियुुक्तको कुुटाइबाट मृत्युु भएकी राजकुुमारीलाई मंगलबार बिहान मृतकका दुुईभाइ र अभियुुक्तका भाइभाञ्जाले लालबकैया किनारमा जलाउन लागेका थिए । सूचनाका आधारमा उक्त स्थानमा इलाका प्रहरी कार्यालय कटहरियाबाट गएको टोलीले चिहानमा जलाउनै लागेको शव बरामद गरेको प्रहरी उपरीक्षक पोखरेलले जानकारी दिए । मृतकको घाँटीमा नीलो डाम देखिएकाले घाँटी थिचेर मारेको आशङ्का प्रहरीले गरेको छ । मृतकका भाइ पर्ने कटहरिया–५ का भन्टुु साह र भाञ्जा पर्ने कटहरिया–५ का रामबालक साह तथा मृतकका भाइ रौतहट राजदेवी गाउँपालिका–३ का राजकिशोर साह र सुुरेश साह पक्राउ परेका छन् । घटनापछि फरार अभियुुक्तको सल्लाहमा आफन्तले शव जलाउन लगेको र माइती पक्षलाई खबर गर्दा भाइ पर्ने दुुवै जना बिहान आएर सीधै शव जलाउने ठाउँमा पुुगेको प्रत्यक्षदर्शी स्थानीयवासीले बताएका छन् ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Weapons None
Primary Cause Domestic violence
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Family/relative
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Family/relative
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Killed 1
Female Killed 1
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