KATHMANDU: Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Nepal Police, Pushkar Karki, has been arrested on charge of killing his four-month-old son.

Karki was arrested from Nagdhunga while he was fleeing the incident site, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, according to Pavan Kumar Bhattarai, Superintendent of Police and Spokesperson of District Police Range, Kathmandu.

“We arrested Karki for his involvement in killing his own infant son. He was held from Nagdhunga and further investigation is underway,” SP Bhattarai said, adding that Karki strangled the infant to death. Further information would be revealed after the investigation, he added.