Paramour poisons perceived rivals

BHAIRAHAWA, JUL 22 - Two Maoist combatants from Krishnasen Smriti Brigade in Rupandehi, whose bodies were found in a nearby forest last Thursday, were murdered by a fellow combatant, police said on Wednesday.

Investigating Bhaira-hawa police found that the victims—Bishnu Neupane and Chandra Bahadur Bohara—were poisoned by Madhav Ghimire.

Superintendent of Police Sher Bahadur Basnet said Ghimire was secretly in love with Bohara’s wife Samjhana and was planning to marry her. “Ghimire perceived Bohara as an obstacle between him and Samjhana so he committed the crime,” he said, adding that another dead, Neupane, accidentally got victimised in the plot.

Ghimire had invited Bohara for a drink to the Charpala forest, roughly one-and-a-half kilometres northeast of the brigade, since drinking is forbidden in the camp.

“After Bohara and Neupane got drunk, Ghimire fed them with poisoned Cola,” SP Basnet said. “After the duo fell unconscious after drinking poison-laced drinks, Ghimire first stifled Neupane and then hit Bohara’s head against a rock to make sure they were dead.”

Both Ghimire and Samjhana, who admitted to the crime, are in police custody.