Police arrested 50-year-old Angdawa Sherpa and 48-year-old Dadendi Sherpa of Thulungdudhkoshi Rural Municipality-9 on August 2 on the charge of assaulting the 50-year-old Pratiman Tamang and 41-year-old Pashi Sherpa.The victim lodged a complaint at the District Police Office on the same date alleging the accused of brutally beating them with their hands and legs tied over the pretext of an illicit relationship between the victims.

According to police, a local Larke Tamang secretly took a photo from his mobile phone while Pashi Sherpa was drinking alcohol at Pratiman Tamang's house on August 1. The victim was then tied up and beaten by Pashi Sherpa's brother-in-law Angdawa Sherpa.