Incident Reports

Man strangled his wife to death in Kathmandu

2021-08-03

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Kathmandu, Ward 16

Police arrested Rameshwor Gotame, 33,-year-old resident of Tadi Rural Municipality-2, Nuwakot, on the charge of murdering his 28-year-old wife Babita Rai. Gotame and his wife were currently living in Chaumati Kathmandu Metropolitan City-16  in a rented flat for the past five months.  Balaju Metropolitan Police Circle arrested him on August 3  after receiving information that he had killed his own wife. Police are conducting further investigation in this regard.

The deceased was the second wife of the accused, they got married 5 years ago. Both husband and wife worked in a shoe factory inside the Balaju industrial area. According to the police, the accused did not use any weapon to kill. He might have strangled his wife to death.


Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Murder/attempted Murder
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 noyouth
Total Killed 1
Female Killed 1
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