Accused Arrested After 18 Years for Killing Woman
Police arrested 48-year-old Shubhanarayan Yadav and 64-year-old Badrinath Adhikari on February 16 for the charges of killing 35-year-old Phulodebi Yadav of Kamalpur, Surunga Municipality-2. Inspector Manish Shrestha stated that the accused were arrested for poisoning Phulodebi Yadav to death at the house of Shubhanarayan Yadav, in Babana of Hardiya, Surunga…
Accused Arrested for Statutory Rape
Police arrested 19-year-old man, Aklesh Kumar Mandal of Bishnupur Rural Municipality-7, on January 22, 2025 on charges of raping a 15-year-old girl. According to DSP Jitendra Kumar Basnet of the District Police Office, the accused allegedly raped the girl at the embankment of the Koshi auxiliary canal, east of Majhou…
Accused Arrested for Mistreating Mother-in-law Based on Witchcraft Allegations
Police arrested 43-year-old Rashidani Khatun of Chinnamasta Rural Municipality-4 Lalapatti on October 27 for accusing her 74-year-old mother-in-law of witchcraft and attempting to feed the victim human excrement. In the process of taking Rashidani's sick daughter to a witch doctor, the witch doctor claimed that the mother-in-law, Johara Khatun, had…
Action Plan Formulation and Problem Identification Meeting at Dakneshwari
The Human Rights Group of Dakneshwori Municipality, established by the Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) Madhesh Province, successfully concluded a meeting on action plan development and problem identification on 15 October 2024. Chairperson of the Human Rights Group, Ramchandra Mandal, stated that the action plan includes several key initiatives. These…
Action Plan Development and Problem Identification Meeting Concluded
The Human Rights Group of Shambhunath Municipality, established by the Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) Madhesh Province, successfully concluded its action plan development and problem identification meeting on 9th October 2024. Chairperson Pulkit Bhagat of the Human Rights Group stated that the action plan includes initiatives such as monitoring…
Accused of Killing Sentenced to 10 year Imprisonment
Manoj Paswan, aged 28 from Badgama Tole, Kanchanrup Municipality-10, was sentenced to 10 years in prison along with fine of Rs 2800 in the victim trust fund on July 14, 2024, for killing a 65-year-old man. The district court found him guilty of attacking the elderly man with a bamboo…
Accused Sentenced to 10 year Imprisonment for Killing a Senior Citizen
District court sentenced 25-year-old Pramod Kumar Ram to 10 years imprisonment and compensation of Rs 25,000 rupees for killing 76-year-old senior citizen Reshmi Devi Ram of Surunga Municipality-7 Chakdaha, on 12 July. A bench of District Judge Umanath Gautam found the accused guilty and sentenced him to imprisonment along with…
Rs 20,000 for Marrying After Age of 20 to Reduce Child Marriage
Bodebarsain Municipality has planned to provide Rs 20,000 to girls from Dalit community who get married after reaching the age of 20. For the fiscal year 2024/2025, the policy program and budget introduced by the municipality during the 11th Municipal Assembly on June 22 includes a provision to provide Rs 20,000…
Accused Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Killing Senior Citizen
Lakshmi Chaudhary, 36 of Khadak Municipality-11, Banauli has been sentenced to life imprisonment on June 23 for killing 70-year-old Umawati Chaudhary in the same place. The bench of District Court Judge Umanath Gautam sentenced the accused to life imprisonment and ordered a compensation of Rs 150,000 to be paid to…
Accused Arrested for Statutory Rape
Police arrested 23-year-old Ramesh Kumar Yadav of Tilathi Koiladi Rural Municipality-8, Topa on June 21 for the charge of raping a 14-year-old minor. The 22-year-old brother of the victim had filed a complaint at the District Police Office on 4 June alleging that the accused had raped the victim on…
