ITAHARI, July 21: Police on Tuesday arrested murder-accused Prem Moktan aka “Fataha Kanchha’. He was on the loose for 19 years.
The 37-year-old Moktan hails from Sundar Haraincha-6, Morang.
Murder accused arrested after 14 years on the run
He and Ramit Moktan of the same place had been absconding after stabbing Roshan Chaudhary of Itahari-1 on April 17, 2001. Chaudhary had sustained multiple severe injuries.
Following a tip off that Moktan had returned home and hiding himself following the COVID-19 pandemic, police apprehended him from his home. The other accused Ramit Moktan, however, is still on the run.