KANCHANPUR, Aug 25: Police have arrested Babita Bam and Roshani Bam, alias, Achal for their alleged involvement in the rape and murder of Nirmala Panta, 13, according to newly appointed chief of the district police, SP Kuber Kathayat.
Police arrest two suspects of Saptari rape case
The two sisters, Babita and Roshani were arrested from their house at Bhimdutta municipality-18. After Nirmala had disappeared, the victim's family and locals had demanded the police to initiate investigation from Bam's home. Nirmala had disappeared while she had gone at the two sisters' home do to her homework. Later on, the deceased's body was found 700 meters away from Bam's home in a sugarcane field.