Police arrested three people on July 23 on the charge of murdering 25-year-old Pradip Subba of Dharan Sub-Metropolis-4. Subba's body was found in Baidap Khop of Danabari in the same sub-metropolis-4 on May 19.

Among the arrested are Mangal Singh Limbu, 44, director of Angbohang Agriculture and Live Stock Farm in Dharan Sub-Metropolis-4, Patrangbari, Bharat Bhujel, 20, of the same sub-municipality-14, Pindeshwari, working in Mangal's farm and Ram Kumar Rai,54, of Danabari in the same sub-metropolis-4