Makawanpur, Nepal, February 4, 2020: Makawanpur police have on Tuesday made public the gang of five persons involved in the murder of transgender Ajita Bhujel.
Dispute over the payment after sexual intercourse had led to the murder of 29 year old Bhujel, the police said during the press conference organized to make public the murder accused.
Four youths had killed Bhujel due to dispute over the payment after having sexual relations with her inside the truck at Thana Bharyang of Hetauda, on January 17, police said.
According to the police investigation, the gang had offered Rs 7000 to Bhujel for having sexual relations but the gang refused to pay the promised amount after having sex with Bhujel.
Following the dispute, the gang had strangled her to death by electric cable wire at the truck cabin, police said.
Police became success to arrest the murder accused youth as a cell phone belonging to the deceased was recovered from, Alisha Pakhrin, wife of a member accused youth Buddha Lama.
The arrestees are namely Simon Pariyar, 18, Sushil Thapa Magar, 25, Ashish Bal, 24, including Lama, 21 and Pakhrin, 20. Two more murder accused are still at large, police said.
