Incident Reports

Man arrested for killing wife

2020-06-24

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Tokha, Ward 3

A person has killed his spouse at Tokha, Kathmandu.

Krishnahari Baniya, 43, of Baniyatar from Tokha Municipality-3 murdered his wife Salina Khadka by using a knife on Wednesday night.

According to the Police Headquarters, police have arrested Krishnahari this morning. Krishnahari attacked Salina with the knife over the family dispute, according to the preliminary investigation of the police.

Salina died on the spot and her body has now been kept at Maharajgunj-based TU Teaching Hospital for post-mortem.

Police personnel deputed from Metropolitan Police Sector, Gongabu and Metropolitan Police Circle, Maharajgunj, have been carrying out further investigation into the incident.

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 noyouth
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Family/relative
Actor 2 - Youth na
Total Killed 1
Female Killed 1
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