Home Minister orders investigation into woman’s death in Siraha

KATHMANDU: Minister for Home Affairs Ramesh Lekhak has directed the police administration to conduct an investigation to find the facts and truth in connection with the death of 24-year-old Anandi Devi Sadaya of Jagatpur, Nawarajpur Rural Municipality-3 in Siraha district.

Sadaya, who was sexually assaulted some four months ago, was found dead at her home on Tuesday.

Home Minister Lekhak expressed serious concern over the incident and called Inspector General of Police Deepak Thapa, directing him to investigate the facts regarding the incident, according to the Home Ministry Secretariat.

Sadaya was sexually assaulted by Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, 22, and Shyam Sundar Yadav, 32, of Bariyarpatti Rural Municipality-1 in Siraha on Dec 24, 2024, when she had gone there to meet her older sister, according to District Police Office Siraha Chief and Superintendent of Police Anantaram Sharma.

According to him, a case has been registered against them on the charge of attempted extortion, but they have not been arrested.

He said the District Police Office is carrying out a more thorough investigation into this case since the beginning.

“A case was registered against them on March 9. The perpetrators are absconding right after the incident. Although a search for them is challenging since the perpetrators are hiding in India, the police administration is constantly carrying out its investigation,” he said.

Superintendent of Police Sharma said that he reached the incident site today and met with the victim’s family.

“The deceased, Anandi Devi, has a two-year-old daughter. Anandi Devi had been living with her parents for a year. Anandi Devi was found hanging yesterday when there was no one at her parents’ house,” he said.

The body of the deceased has been kept at the Provincial Hospital in Lahan for post-mortem, police said.

A detailed investigation into the incident is underway, according to the District Police Office.