Overview

• On June 14 in Mangzim village, 30-year-old Anjal Rai entered his girlfriend’s home and wounded her with a khukuri.
• Rai, who accused his partner of infidelity, ransacked the house before fleeing the scene.
• Her father, Tenzing Sherpa, pursued Rai and killed him instantly by striking him repeatedly with a wooden plank, police said.
• Sherpa and a teenage companion are now in police custody pending further legal proceedings.
• Authorities are investigating the couple’s relationship and motives behind the initial attack and the subsequent retaliatory killing.