Incident Reports

Elderly couple brutally murdered in Baglung

2019-08-12

Gandaki, Baglung, Dhorpatan, Ward 8

An unidentified gang has brutally murdered an elderly couple at Bowang in Dhorpatan municipality-8 of Baglung district, in province 4, on Sunday, police said.

According to the Spokesperson of District Police Office, Baglung, and Superintendent of Police (SP), Jhabindra Bhattarai, an elderly couple–Bhumbahadur BK, 61, and his wife Vima BK, 60,–were murdered when they were sleeping in a shed near farm field on yesterday night.

Locals had informed police about the incident after spotting Bhimbahadur motionless body in a nearby farm field and Vima’s body lying in a pool of blood inside the shed this morning, SP Bhattarai shared.

Looking into the nature of the incident, sharp weapons like axe might have been used in the crime as there are multiple deep cuts in their heads, SP Bhattarai shared.

The incident site is in six-hour walking distance from Burtibang in the district. Police are preparing to send the bodies to Burtibang for autopsy.

Meanwhile, further investigation is underway, police said.

 


Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Murder/attempted Murder
Weapons Sharp weapon
Primary Cause Domestic violence
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Family/relative
Actor 1 - Youth noyouth
Actor 2 - Number of people 2
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Family/relative
Actor 2 - Youth noyouth
Total Killed 2
Female Killed 1
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Dhanusha , Local Newspaper - Kaski

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