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Three teenage girls found dead hanging from tree in Jhapa
The trio had left their home on Saturday afternoon together to go for a walk, according to family sources.bookmark
Parbat Portel
Published at : July 24, 2022
Updated at : July 24, 2022 16:03
Jhapa
Three girls were found dead hanging from a tree in Pathamari, Kachankawal Rural Municipality-5, Jhapa, on Sunday morning.
The bodies of two 16-year-olds and that of a 17-year-old were discovered hanging from a Jujube tree in Sunkoshi tea garden near Bellegaun at around 7am, said District Police Office, Jhapa.
All three girls were tea plantation workers in the same tea garden. The trio had left their home on Saturday afternoon together to go for a walk, according to family sources.
DSP Basant Pathak, the spokesperson of the District Police Office, said further investigation is being carried out.
Parbat Portel
Parbat Portel is the Jhapa correspondent for Kantipur Publications.
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