Incident Reports

Two siblings die after aunt serves ‘poisoned’ chow mein

2018-12-16

Two siblings from Krishnapur Municipality-3 in Kanchanpur district died of suspected poisoning on Saturday, police said.

According to the District Police Office, Dhan Bahadur Sunar, 12, and his younger brother Tek Bahadur Sunar, 8, of Dekhatbhuli died after they had reportedly consumed chow mein that their aunt had given them. Further investigation into the incident is underway, said police.

According to the victims’ maternal uncle Chamuram Tamata, the boys had arrived at his house in Belauri Municipality-6 on Friday to attend a wedding. He said the boys were complaining of feeling unwell as they had been vomiting through out their way to Belauri.

“They continued vomiting even after arriving at my house. We took them to a

local health post and later rushed them to Seti Zonal Hospital in Dhangadhi after the health worker suspected it was a poison case,” said Tamata. “The zonal hospital then referred the boys to Kohalpur Teaching Hospital. They died on their way to the hospital on Saturday morning”

The siblings’ mother is a mentally challenged while their father had died six years ago. Both the mother and sons have been living with Lacchirama Sunar, the father’s older brother, and his wife Sita Devi.

Locals and the boys’ relatives suspect that Lachhirama and his wife might have poisoned the boys.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Krishna Raj Ojha said Lachhirama and Sita Devi were taken into custody for investigation.

“The postmortem report will confirm the cause of the death,” said Ojha.


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Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Murder/attempted Murder
Weapons Other
Primary Cause Other non-economic personal issues (revenge, passion etc.)
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Family/relative
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 2
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Family/relative
Actor 2 - Youth youth
Total Killed 2
Youth Killed 2
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