KATHMANDU: The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police has arrested a person who claimed to be an eyewitness to the incident of rape and murder of 13-year-old Nirmala Pant of Bhimdatta Municipality, Kanchanpur District. He made the claim during an interview to a television station.
CIB Spokesperson and Superintendent of Police Hobindra Bogati shared that NawarajAryal, permanent resident of Gorkha, currently residing in Kathmandu who gave an interview on prime time television claiming to be an eyewitness to the incident, has been detained.
He said, "Nothing he said during the interview is consistent. He was not even in Kanchanpur at the time of the incident but why and at whose instigation is he making the claims, we are investigating it."
Pant was raped and murdered on July 26, 2018. No culprits have been arrested as of yet.
