August 20, 2026
BARA – Residents blocked the freeway in Simara on Wednesday afternoon to protest the rape and homicide of a four-year-old woman who had been lacking for 3 days from Bhaktinagar in Jitpur Simara-1.
The protesters started blocking the Birgunj-Pathlaiya part of the Tribhuvan Freeway at round 1pm, demanding the arrest and extreme punishment of these accountable and reduction for the sufferer’s household.
The woman, Garima Chaudhary, had gone lacking from her residence on Sunday. Her physique was discovered on Tuesday night. Police mentioned she had been lured from her residence with a chocolate and brought to an deserted home close by, the place she was raped and killed.
The physique stays on the Kalaiya Provincial Hospital. Her family members had not initially come to say it as they’d but to file a police criticism.
Garima was a scholar within the early childhood improvement class on the native Saraswati Major College.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Min Bahadur Ghale, spokesperson for the Bara District Police Workplace, mentioned police had confirmed that the woman was raped and murdered. He mentioned these allegedly concerned had been recognized and arrested and that additional investigation was underway.
Police have arrested Suman Thapa, 17, a helper on a neighborhood passenger minivan, and Progres Chaudhary, 24, the car proprietor from Simara-1, amongst others in reference to the case, Ghale mentioned.
He mentioned a criticism had since been filed on behalf of the sufferer’s household and the method of handing over the physique had begun.
The hospital administration, nevertheless, mentioned the physique was nonetheless on the hospital as a result of it had not obtained the required letter and police criticism from the authorities to launch it.
