3 arrested for murdering 3 persons and burying the bodies made public

KATHMANDU: Police have made public three persons arrested on the charge of murdering three persons over financial dispute.

The District Police Office, Morang made them public amid a press conference on Friday.

Police identified the detainees as Anil Kumar Mandal (31) of Siraha Municipality-1, Siraha, Dinanath Sonar of Jahada Rural Municipality-4, Morang and Najir Alam of Dhanpalthan Rural Municipality.

Police claimed that they have murdered Rajendra Shrestha (45), Sambhu Chaudhary (32) Mohan Limbu (62).

The bodies of Shrestha and Chaudhary were found in a sugarcane field in Dhanpaltham Rural Municipality-7, Morang.

Similarly, Limbu, who had been missing for the past few months, was found buried in Thecho, Lalitpur Metropolitan City-12 on Thursday.

During the interrogation, Mandal said that he killed Limbu on December 14, SP Janardan GC, Chief at the District Police Office, Morang, said.

According to a preliminary investigation, Shrestha, Chaudhary and Mandal had reached Biratnagar on December 15.

It has been found that Mandal has investment in land plotting and hydropower among others.

SP GC said that they are looking into the case.