JHAPA: A youth has been arrested on the charge of murdering an entrepreneur. Narayan Acharya,50, was hacked to death at his cloth shop in Bahundangi, Mechaninagar-2 on Friday.

Seriously injured in the incident, Acharya died during treatment at a hospital in Birtamode.

Meanwhile, the attacker who had escaped following the incident has been nabbed, said DSP at the Area Police Office in Kakarvitta, Rajendra Pokharel. Further investigation into the incident is underway.