Police arrests 3 suspects involved in Durga Tiwari's murder

Police have arrested three people in suspicion of the latter's involvement in murder of CPN-UML-aligned Youth Association's Rupandehi President Durga Tiwari. Albeit is informed that the arrested are youngsters of local Khaireni market, their identities have not been made public. Prior to this, the bike with registration number Ba 51 Pa 8073 was impounded untended at Kanchi Bazaari in Manigram- southwest of the incident site Khaireni market area of Devdaha. DSP od Rupandehi Bel Bahadur Pandey has informed that the red pulsar motorbike might have been used in Tiwari's murder. Police have informed that the murderers might have absconded through the inner way leaving the motorcycle after police checking was tightened at main highways. The central investigation Bureau of Nepal Police have reached Rupandehi to carry out probe upon the incident. Tiwari was shot at and killed yesterday at around 3:30 p.m. by two people who were on a red Pulsar motorcycle. Police say there is involvement of 28-year-old Panoj Buda Magar, alias 'Manoj Pun' of Devdaha Municipality-6, in Tiwari's murder. Meanwhile, Lumbini zone was shut down today with the strike called in protest against Tiwari's murder. All six districts of the zone were affected by the strike. Cadres of Youth Association held demonstrations at various places from early today demanding immediate arrest of the perpetrator behind the murder.
Meanwhile, UML-aligned Youth Association has called an indefinite strike in Rupandehi protesting the murder of its Rupandehi district President Durga Tiwari. The announcement to this effect was made at a gathering organised in course of demonstration against the murder in Butwal. The rally taken out from Chauraha before this traversed through Milan Chowk and converted into a gathering at Pushpalal Park. Speaking at the protest gathering, Vice-Chair of Youth Association Nepal Raju Gurung among others blamed political retaliation for Tiwari's murder, and demanded formation of a commission to carry out probe into the incident.