Police have arrested a 20-year-old man in connection to the murder of four people of a same family in Ranagaun, Salyan.

The suspect, Sanjaya Bharati, was taken into custody on Thursday. A sniffer dog led the police to Bharati who admitted to the crime following his arrest. The district court of Salyan has placed Bharati in five days of investigative custody. Sita Khand, 22; her daughters, two-year-old Pabitra and one-year-old Sabita; and sister Gita Giri, 17, were found murdered in their residence on Wednesday.

Police said Bharati had visited Sita’s house on Tuesday night and tried to rape her under the influence of alcohol. He murdered Sita

after she resisted and then went on to kill her two children and sister to avoid being identified.

When Bharati was captured, police also found blood spots of one of the victims on his slippers.