Biren Pradhan, Merina Shakya presented to court; public attempt attack

Police have presented the main accused in the Khyati murder case Biren Pradhan and his accomplice Merina Shakya to court, Sunday.

Kathmandu district court extended their detention by ten days. Both Pradhan and Shakya have already confessed their crime to police.

Meanwhile, public tried to attack Pradhan and Shakya as they were being escorted out of the court. Some people waited outside the court and attacked Pradhan and Shakya when they were being brought out of the court.

There was brief tug of war between the police and the people before the police took them away. Shakya has suffered minor head injury.

Pradhan and Shakya were arrested June 20 from Kathmandu on charges of abduction and murder of Khyati Shrestha, a nineteen-year-old higher secondary student. nepalnews.com

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