Two picked up for slaughtering cow

Pokhara - Police have arrested two persons on charges of slaughtering cow, national animal of the country, from Pokhara Lekhnath Metropolitan CITY-24 in Kaski. 

Cow slaughter is punishable under the new constitution of the country. Local residents Ram Bahadur Nepali and Krishna Nepali were held acting on a tip off, said inspector Bishwo Bandhu Pokharel, adding that head of the slaughtered cow, its legs and fresh fleshes were recovered from the incident site in nearby forest.