Manbir Sunar, 31, had gone to Jas Bahadur Shahi´s Dhara Hotel next door to buy cigarettes after dinner Saturday evening. [break]
He went to the burning stove to light a cigarette but two Thakuris drinking alcohol on a table nearby felt offended. The inebriated duo pounced upon him and thrashed him mercilessly. “He breathed his last while being taken to District Hospital Sunday morning,” his heart-broken father Bir Bahadur said.
The assailants Min Bahadur of Jubitha-8 and Dip Bahadur of Jubitha-9 were old acquaintances. But the duo didn´t need any other reason to mortally thrash Sunar.
“Preliminary investigations show there was no previous animosity among them and Sunar was beaten due as Dalits are deemed untouchables,” Chief District Officer (CDO) of Kalikot Durga Dutta Dhakal said.
Doctor at the District Hospital Rabindra Khadka said the deceased had wounds all over his body with dysfunctional kidneys. He said report from the Central Laboratory in Kathmandu will provide the details but the hospital stated that he died after being unable to discharge urine following injury on his genitals.
Khallagad Police Post has arrested the duo and CDO Dhakal said the Shahis would be tried for murder. Meanwhile, various dalit right organizations and activists have condemned the incident.
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