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Person who attacked sadhu at Pashupati nabbed



KATHMANDU: Police have arrested a person who was on the run after attacking a sadhu at local Pashupatinath area with a khukuri.

Khukuri is the traditional cutting weapon in Nepal.

The arrested has been identified as 37-year-old Tara Bahadur Lamichhane of Chitwan. He had attacked the sadhu named Santosh on the way to the Bishworupa of Pashupati in Kathmandu Metropolis-8.

Lamichhane was arrested from Hepali Height of Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu, Friday.

Police confiscated the khukuri used in the incident and a bag from him, said Spokesperson at the Metropolitan Police Range SP Ramesh Kumar Basnet.

Publish Date : 01 October 2021 22:44 PM

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