Adhikari’s relatives on Tuesday reached Metropolitan Police Range, Hanumandhoka seeking to lodge a complaint that Adhikari was murdered and not killed in encounter as claimed by the latter.

According to police and Home Minister Bam Dev Gautam, the gangster was gunned down at Bhimdhunga, seven kilometres from Sitapaila, in the Capital on Wednesday. While police claim that Chari was killed in an encounter, his family members have been contending the police account saying that the latter fabricated stories after killing Adhikari in a “fake encounter”.

Dhruba Adhikari, elder brother of Chari, said, “We went to Hanumandhoka to register our complaint seeking action against the ones involved in my brother’s murder. But our complaint was not registered.”

Following the police refusal, Adhikari’s family members are now preparing to knock the door of court for justice. “There is no alternative to move court now that the police have declined to file our complaint,” Dhruba added.

Relatives of Chari have claimed that police killed him in a fake encounter. Chari’s supposed girlfriend Khusbu Oli, Miss Teen of 2006, has been claiming that personal vengeance between a police officer and Chari led to the incident.

Some have questioned the police narrative that Adhikari was shot in the chest while he was speeding away on a motorcycle, arguing that the bullets would have been lodged in his back in such a case.