BUTWAL, Feb. 7 -- An intoxicated landlord, in the fit of rage, has murdered a tenant in Palpa district for failing to pay Rs 1,400 in rent.

According to police, Madhav Bista, 31, of Tansen-1, murdered Rudra Bahadur Budhathoki, 52, of Jogithum, Ribdikot-1, who was living in a rented room, over the pretext of not paying rent. During a dispute, Bista, who had consumed alcohol, used the sickle to commit the murder.

The District Police Office, Palpa stated through a press release that during the investigation, police arrested Bista on charges of involvement in the murder and revealed that he had killed him with a sickle on the pretext of not paying Rs 1,400 in rent. Budhathoki had been living in a room in Bista's house for the past six month...