Biratnagar, Sept 1: Two minors have been found dead in Sundarharaincha of Morang. According to local police, 1-year-old Aika and 3-year-old Arpana Karki were found dead in the banana plantation of Narayan Neupane in Sundarharaincha Municipality-7.
Their mother, 29-year-old Ashmita Neupane, is also missing, informed Police Inspector Tej Bahadur Dahal of Belbari. It is said that Ashmita had left her house taking her two daughters after a general quarrel with her husband Arjun Karki.
Inspector Dahal said that in the preliminary investigation of the police, looking at the nature of the incident, it seems that both the girls were killed by poisoning. He said that the pesticide Metacide was also found near the incident site.
The police suspect that the mother may have become incommunicado after poisoning her daughters. Police has begun investigation of the incident.
