Accused Arrested for Killing Wife

  September 3, 2024 By: INSEC

Police arrested Sameer Khan, 32, who had been absconding after allegedly killing his 23-year-old wife, Alisha Neupane, at Hotel Ratna near the bus park in Hetauda Municipality-10 on August 26. According to DSP Lakshmi Bhandari of the District Police Office, Khan was arrested on September 2 from Hetauda Municipality-5, Lattinath Marga.

DSP Lakshmi Bhandari reported that Sameer Khan, a resident of Kamal Dhanda, Hetauda Municipality-4, had married the victim as his second wife. On August 26, he took her to Hotel Ratna and killed her that evening.

During the investigation, police arrested Khan’s mother, 55-year-old Sairun Khan, and his first wife, 26-year-old Rabina Khatun, on August 31 for assisting him in his escape. Additionally, Khan’s father-in-law, 56-year-old Lalbabu Khan Paithan, and 30-year-old brother-in-law Fayyaz Ahmed, both from Lalparsa in Birgunj Metropolitan City, Parsa, were also arrested. The investigation is ongoing.

The postmortem of the body was conducted at Hetauda Hospital on August 24.

 


Pushparaj Adhikari