Incident Reports
Woman commits suicide after murdering her husband in Tokha Municipality
2021-01-09
Province 3, Kathmandu, Tokha
KATHMANDU, Jan 9: A woman has committed suicide after murdering her husband in Tokha Municipality.
According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Ashok Singh, Sudikshya Giri was found hanging in her room on Saturday morning. “The dead body of her husband, Umesh KC was found lying in the same room.”
As per the preliminary investigation, the woman seems to have murdered her husband by using a grinding stone before she committed suicide.
Further investigation is underway.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
| Primary Form | Murder/attempted Murder |
| Weapons | Blunt weapon |
| Primary Cause | Other non-economic personal issues (revenge, passion etc.) |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Family/relative |
| Actor 1 - Youth | na |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Family/relative |
| Actor 2 - Youth | noyouth |
| Total Killed | 1 |
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