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8-yr-old boy murdered after abduction in Kathmandu
A boy was found dead three days after he was reported missing in Gongabu area.A boy was found dead three days after he was reported missing in Gongabu area. The body of eight-year-old Prayas Kunwar was found inside a bag in Mhepi, Kathmandu.
His father Prabin runs a guest house in Gongabu area. Prayas had gone missing from the guest house from Tuesday.
Preliminary investigation showed that Kunwar’s family driver Mahendra Sarki, 22, abducted the boy from the guest house took him to a jungle in Kakani and strangled him to death, SP Dhiraj Pratap Singh of the Metropolitan Police Crime Division (MPCD) said.
Police found the body after Sarki took them to the bridge where the body was dumped.
Sarki was hired in the job only a month ago. He was repeatedly warned to concentrate in his job. The cause behind the murder is still unknown.