PANCHTHAR: Nine members including a minor of two families were gruesomely murdered at Arubote in Miklajung Rural Municipality-3 in the district on Monday night, confirmed, Urmila Rai, deputy chief of the rural municipality.

“I heard the sad news when I was heading to the district headquarters Phidim. We are now heading to the incident site. We are still clueless how the incident took place,” she said.

According to Archana Gurung, a trainer of small-sized enterprise, nine members of Dhanaraj Sherma and his father-in-law Bam Bahadur Fiyak were gruesomely killed with a sharp weapon on Monday night. Five dead bodies of Dhanraj family are lying inside the house while four dead bodies of  Bam Bahadur’s family are outside the house, informed Gurung.

Those murdered include Jasmita Fiyak, 36, Dhan Raj Fiyak, 41, Man Kumari Fiyak, 26, Iksa Sherma, 6, Yobana Sherma, 13, Muna Sherma, 8, Bam Bahadur Fiyak, 74, his wife and Ashika Khajum Limbu, 12. Only one member of the family, Sita Khajum, 12, managed to save her life by feeling the scene.

According to Archana Gurung, a trainer of small-sized enterprise, nine members of Dhanaraj Sherma and his father-in-law Bam Bahadur Fiyak were gruesomely killed with a sharp weapon on Monday night.

Locals knew about the incident only this morning. It is learnt that a group of masked men barged into the house at night and  murdered the family members in cold blood.

A team of security personnel from police post, Dashami Bazaar reached the incident site at 6 am. Police personnel from Area Police Office, Rabi and District Police Office have left for the incident site.

Police Inspector Anil Kumar Paudel has confirmed the murder of nine members of two families in Mikaljung rural municipality.