Kathmandu : A Royal Bengal tiger and a rhino were found dead inside the Chitwan National Park.
The male tiger aged around 15 years was found dead on Wednesday at the Narayani river bank of Champa Salghari area in Amaltari, and the rhino aged about five years at Sauraha area, said the CNP information officer Ganesh Prasad Tiwari.
This is the first death of tiger so far in the current fiscal year, 2022/23. It died a natural death, he said, adding that the rhino died when a tiger attacked it.
With this, eight rhinos died so far in the current FY.
Man murders wife over a domestic dispute
Police have arrested a man in Arjundhara Municipality on the charge of murdering his wife.
Bishwaraj Ghising, a resident of Arjundhara, killed his 36-year-old wife Pramila Bhujel Ghising over a domestic quarrel last night, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police Rugam Bahadur Kunwar of Area Police Office in Anaramani.
Following a quarrel, Bishwaraj reportedly hit his wife with a stick on her stomach and chest and she died on the spot. Bishwaraj was arrested the same night on the charge of murdering his wife, police said.
A permanent resident of Arun rural municipality-1 of Bhojpur, Bishwaraj was currently living and working as a daily wage labourer in Arjundhara for the past two years.