Police Arrest Suspect in New Buspark Guest House Murder Case

Kathmandu. Police have arrested the accused involved in the murder of Nisha Sunuwar, who was found dead in a guest house in Kathmandu's New Buspark. The 25-year-old Sunuwar was found dead in a guest house room on July 3. Ramesh Budha, originally from Dailekh, has been arrested on suspicion of her murder, SSP Dilip Ghimire of Kathmandu told Ratopati. Police investigation concludes that the accused murdered Sunuwar, who was living in Machhapokhari and originally from Dhangadhi Municipality Ward No. 7 in Kailali, and disposed of the body inside the guest house bed. According to the preliminary investigation, the accused murdered Nisha by strangling her with his own belt on July 17 after taking her from the street in front of the buspark to the guest house. Ramesh Budha, who was working in Kaski district, was returning to his hometown. He got off at the New Buspark in Balaju on July 16, heading to Dailekh from Pokhara. Nisha, who met Ramesh on the main road near the buspark, asked, 'Are you going?' Ramesh agreed to go to the guest house with Nisha after she invited him to stay together at the hotel. After entering the room at the guest house, Nisha said, 'You come after bathing.' After Ramesh entered the bathroom to bathe, Nisha locked the door from the outside. Ramesh told investigating officers that she then stole 1 lakh rupees from his bag and left. He had called his family at home and told them he was coming with the money. However, he became penniless before reaching home. After the money was stolen, he called his friend Dan Bahadur Shahi. Shahi had booked room number 404 in another hotel near the buspark. After having beer and food with his friend, he went out searching for Nisha in the Balaju, Machhapokhari, and Buspark areas. On July 17, Nisha was found in the Buspark area. Ramesh was wearing a mask, so Nisha did not recognize him. Ramesh asked Nisha in the same style as the previous day, 'Are you going to the hotel?' Then he took Nisha to room number 404 of the hotel booked by his friend. After entering the room and removing his mask, the accused questioned Nisha about stealing his 1 lakh rupees. Nisha said, 'Oh, it's you?' She tried to hit Ramesh with a beer bottle found in the room. However, Ramesh restrained her and strangled her with his belt. Investigating police officers say that after Nisha became unconscious, he inserted the bottle she tried to attack him with into her vagina. He slept on the body all night. After the murder, Ramesh disposed of Nisha's body inside the bed. It was also found that he hit Nisha's head with the bottle. There was no blood at the scene. After the murder, his friend Dan Bahadur arrived at the room. According to investigating officers, Dan Bahadur did not know about the murder. After eating, Ramesh and Dan Bahadur slept on the bed where the body was disposed of all night. They left the next day. On July 17, the room was rented again. The guest house customers slept on the same bed that day as well. However, no one found out about the murder. On July 3, while cleaning the room, the guest house staff smelled something suspicious, became suspicious, and informed the police. SSP Ghimire informed that the accused Budha involved in the murder was arrested near Sambala Hotel in Maharajgunj. Police have also arrested Dan Bahadur from Nepalgunj and brought him to Kathmandu for questioning. SSP Ghimire said that based on the investigation so far, only Ramesh Budha appears to be involved in the murder.