Buried Body Exhumed After Death Deemed Suspicious

  July 29, 2024 By: INSEC

The body of 45-year-old Rana Maya Gurung of Bhandari Rural Municipality, Barpak Sulikot Rural Municipality-4 was exhumed after finding out that her death was suspicious. Rana Maya’s husband, Maraj Gurung, initially reported to locals that she had hanged herself on 19 July and buried her body the next day according to their rituals. However, six days later, Sukpal Gurung, the victim’s brother filed a complaint at Barpak Police Station alleging that the incident was suspicious. Subsequently, police exhumed the body on 26 July for further investigation.

The body has been sent to the Forensic Medicine Department in Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, for a post-mortem as per the District Police Office Gorkha. DSP Ramesh Kumar Shrestha reported that the body was exhumed with proper documentation and in the presence of an expert investigation team from the Area Police Office, Jaubari, and the Gorkha Hospital.

The body was buried on 20 July without informing the police. The victim’s parents filed a complaint after seeing bruises on her body and found her death suspicious. As per the police, further investigation is going on.


Hariram Upreti