Chitwan, March 3 -- The family of Salin Pokhrel, the 14-year-old girl who was found hanging in a school hostel at Ratnanagar Municipality-10 on February 24, has demanded a fair and detailed investigation into the case. The bereaved family members suspect that Salin might have been murdered after rape.

The District Police Office in Chitwan was informed at around 10 am on February 24 that the victim was found hanging from a ceiling fan in her dormitory in the hostel of Ekata Shishu Niketan, a private school. The victim, an eighth grader, had been staying in the hostel for the past two years.

The incident has drawn wider attention after the girl's family said that the victim might have been raped and subsequently murdered.

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