Former State Minister Ramchandra Raya Yadav, 77 a resident of Malangwa Municipality-4, was killed on the night of July 21 at his agricultural farm in Chandranagar Rural Municipality-1, Ratanpur.
According to SP Rabindra Bahadur Singh of the District Police Office, Malangwa, a worker at Raya’s house reported that three unknown individuals came to meet former minister Yadav at his farm after he had dinner. The worker also reported that Yadav had told him to go to the roof to sleep. However, when the worker went downstairs to use the toilet at night, he found the bedroom open and found Yadav deceased.
DIG Yagya Binod Pokharel of the Madhesh Province Police Office conducted an on-site inspection of the incident on July 22. DSP Dipak Shrestha of the District Police Office Malangwa reported that trained dogs were mobilized to assist in the investigation.
The body was taken to Provincial Hospital, Malangwa on 22 July for post-mortem.