Police have arrested Jeevan Rawal, 18, and a 13-year-old boy, of Jupu in Mangalsen Municipality-10 on December 13 on the charge of killing Srijana Bhandari, 16, of Khimada of Mangalsen Municipality-11.
Jagat Bhandari, brother of the deceased, said his sister had gone to meet Rawal and later her dead body was found. Bhandari had filed a complaint against the accused at the District Police Office on December 12.
According to DSP Tulsiram Aryal of the District Police Office, the accused have been arrested on the basis of a complaint lodged by the victim’s family.
According to DSP Aryal, the body of the girl was found dumped in Kharmela of Mangalsen Ramaroshan Road on December 11. The post-mortem of the body was done at the district hospital on December 12. The dead body of the victim was taken by her family for final rituals on December 13.
The deceased girl was studying in ninth grade at Kalika Secondary School.