KATHMANDU: A fugitive accused of murder has been arrested five years after the crime.
The arrested is Ravi Kumar Yadav, 24, of Bishnupur Rural Municipality-5, Laxmipur of Siraha.
A police team deployed from Metropolitan Police Crime Division arrested Yadav from Maitidevi on Thursday.
He has been accused of murdering Aarati Pariyar of Sunsari by slitting her throat five years ago in a community forest in Lele, Lalitpur.
Yadav had fled after the murder and was living in Bangalore, India.
According to SSP Deepak Thapa, Yadav has been sent to Metropolitan Police Circle, Chapagaun.
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