Sept 6: Six members of a family were hacked to death in Madi Municipality-1, Sankhuwasabha district, on Monday, September 6.

Police identified the victims as Tej Bahadur Karki (58), his mother Parbata (84), spouse Kamala (56), daughter-in-law Ranjana (28), grandson Dipen (10), and granddaughter Goma (5), informed Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Laldhwaj Subedi at Sankhhuwasabha District Police Office.

Local teacher Yogendra Ojha informed police about the incident, according to police.

Acting on the information, a team of police personnel deployed from the district headquarters Khandbari for the onsite investigation. Likewise, security personnel deployed from the Chainpur-based Area Police Office also reached the site to assist in the investigation.

Sankhuwasabha’s Chief District Officer (CDO) Tek Narayan Poudel apprised Minister for Home Affairs Bal Krishna Khand of the brutal murder of six members of a family. The Home Minister was informed that the murder was carried out using a sharp weapon.

Sept 7: As the investigation was delayed, bodies of six members were sent to Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences for autopsy, according to Mayor Bidur Lithep of Madi Municipality.

The following day, the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) also dispatched a team of security personnel to Madi to probe the incident and make a detailed report. The three-member CIB team led by DSP Rugam Kunwar carried out the investigation of the incident located almost 55 Kilometres away from the district headquarters. Police reportedly used sniffer dogs during the investigation.

Nepal Police Spokesperson and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Basant Bahadur Kunwar had informed that investigation was carried on with the clues traced out at the incident site. Another team of security personnel under the command of SP Bhim Bahadur Dahal from the Federal Police Unit Office, Dharan was also dispatched to the site. After the onsite inspection, the bodies of victims were sent to BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences for the postmortem.

Sept 11: A murder suspect, one of the neighbours of the victims, was arrested. However, police did not reveal the identity of the arrestee. The arrestee also confessed to police that he had committed the crime.