The police have arrested 33-year-old Hiradhan Tamang on charges of injuring his 30-year-old wife, Kabita Tamang, of Kanepokhari Rural Municipality-7. ASI Rajesh Kumar Shrestha of Kanepokhari Police Station reported that the accused struck his wife with a Nepalese machete during a domestic dispute on August 18, causing injuries.
ASI Shrestha said that the accused who escaped after beating his wife was arrested on the night of August 18. The victim sustaining severe injuries on both palms is being treated at the Nobel Hospital in Biratnagar Metropolitan City-4.