Incident Reports

Youth arrested for murdering octogenarian grandma

2015-05-28

Province 1, Ilam, Illam

Ranjeet Limbu, who had been absconding after allegedly murdering his grandma, was arrested from Ilam district on Sunday. 23-yer-old Limbu of Mechinagar Municipality-10, Jhapa, was arrested from his hideout in Ilam, said Arjun Timsina, Deputy Superintendent of Police at the Area Police Office, Kakadbhitta. Limbu has been charged with suffocating his 82-year-old grandma to death on Thursday. Police also arrested Limbu's wife 18-year-old Laxmi BK from the same place. It has been reported that Limbu killed his grandma for allegedly not accepting his inter-caste marriage with BK. Preliminary investigation by police has found that the couple had killed their grandma and made off with her jewellery and Rs 10,000 in cash.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Murder/attempted Murder
Weapons None
Primary Cause Other types of GBV
Secondary Cause Robbery/burglary/violent theft
Actor 1 - Number of people 2
Actor 1 - Affiliations Family/relative
Actor 1 - Youth youth
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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