Police said that Ishwori Datta Bhatta, 55 has murdered his 35 years old sister-in-law Tulsi Bhatta of Belauri Municipality-6, Motipur by attacking her with an axe on November 5.
According to SP Tulsi Adhikari of District Police Office, the accused had attacked her with an axe over a property dispute while she was sleeping.
The victim’s body was sent for postmortem at Mahakali Zonal Hospital. The priliminary investigation showed that the murder was provoked by a property dispute according to the police. SP Bhatta said that the accused is on the run and search for him is going on.