Police, on October 8, arrested 25-year-old Bir Bahadur Buda Magar on the charge of assaulting 32-year-old  wife Bimala Buda Magar of Subhakalika Rural Municipality-1. The victim had filed a complaint of assault at the district police office on the same date. Bir Bahadur had assaulted his wife in an intoxicated state. The victim is undergoing treatment at Kalikot District Hospital. 

Bir Bahadur Buda Magar, the ward chairperson of Shubhakalika Rural Municipality-1, runs a hotel in Manma.