Police Submit Investigation Report in Rape and Murder Case of 16-Year-Old Inisa Bika

‎Surkhet. The Surkhet police have submitted the investigation report to the government attorney's office in the case of 16-year-old Inisa Bika, who was allegedly raped and murdered.

‎‎Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mohanjung Budhathapa of the District Police Office, Surkhet, told Ratopati that the police completed their investigation and submitted the report to the government attorney's office on Wednesday.

‎‎'The police prepared the investigation report based on the statements of the accused and the evidence obtained,' he said, 'Now the case has entered the government attorney's office.'

‎‎According to him, some technical reports related to the incident have been received, and some are still in the process of arriving.

‎‎DSP Budhathapa informed that the remaining reports can also be submitted while the case is being heard in court.

‎‎ 'Since the police have completed their investigation work, the next legal process will move forward through the court and the government attorney's office,' he said.

‎‎Inisa, originally from Gurbhakot Municipality-6 Badakhola, was living with her family in Birendranagar Municipality-1. 

‎‎She left home on Saturday, Fagun 23, at 6 AM saying she was going for tuition, and was found unconscious around 9 AM in the Janajagaran Community Forest located north of Birendranagar Municipality-4. 

‎‎When the police took her to the Provincial Hospital, the doctor declared her dead. On the same day, the police arrested a 16-year-old minor from the scene, who stated that he was Inisa's boyfriend.

‎‎Inisa's family and relatives alleged mass rape and murder and filed a complaint against three others on Fagun 24. The police arrested those three minors the same day.

‎‎For the past two weeks, a team of experts, including CIB from the center and specialists for polygraph, CDR analysis, etc., from Nepalgunj, had arrived in Surkhet to conduct scientific investigations.

‎‎According to the Chief of the District Police Office, Surkhet, Superintendent of Police Sudhiraj Shahi, all these teams have completed their investigations and returned. Some of the reports they prepared have arrived, while others are still pending.

‎‎The police have now forwarded the investigation report to the government attorney's office.

‎‎Inisa's body has been kept in the morgue of the Provincial Hospital for 18 days since the incident occurred. Inisa's father, Indra, has stated that he will not claim the body until justice is served. ‘My daughter has been subjected to a heinous crime, raped and murdered; justice must not die,’ he said, ‘The investigation must be impartial; we will not claim the body until we receive justice.’