Three arrested, including two minors, over killing of Biratnagar trader Lalji Prasad Gupta
Police in Sunsari have arrested three people, two of them minors, over the killing of 69-year-old Biratnagar battery trader Lalji Prasad Gupta, whose body was found by the Kesaliya River on October 25.
Police have arrested three people, two of them minors, over the killing of Lalji Prasad Gupta, a 69-year-old battery trader in Biratnagar, according to the Sunsari District Police Office.
Gupta, who was originally from India and had run a battery shop in Biratnagar Metropolitan City-6 for about 40 years, went missing on the afternoon of Friday, October 23. His body was found on the morning of Sunday, October 25, on the bank of the Kesaliya River in Barju Rural Municipality, Sunsari, according to My Republica and Onlinekhabar.
Superintendent of Police Pushparaj Malla, chief of the Sunsari District Police Office, said on Wednesday, October 28, that the preliminary investigation points to a dispute over the alleged theft of wiring from an electric water pump. According to police, Gupta had reportedly said that Afroz Alam, 36, of Biratnagar-6, had stolen the wires, and the two fell out over it. Police said Gupta was then called to a house and killed.
Alam was arrested on the night of Tuesday, October 27, together with a 13-year-old Indian boy and a 16-year-old Nepali boy, who are accused of helping dispose of the body, Onlinekhabar and Gorkhapatra reported. Police said further investigation is under way.