Police arrested Rahul Das,22 on March 26 for killing his sister-in-law Gudiya Das, 35, of Hetauda Sub-metropolitan City-1, Chaukitol. The accused attacked and killed his elder sister-in-law with a khukuri on the afternoon of March 26. It is reported that Rahul also injured his elder brother Rupesh Das,28, with the khukuri. Rupesh is currently undergoing treatment at the Makawanpur Sahakari Hospital, Hetauda. Among the three brothers of the accused, the eldest, Roshan Das, had gone to Qatar for employment five months ago.
The Das family has been involved in the wholesale fruit business in Hetauda. The body has been taken to Hetauda Hospital for postmortem.