KANCHANPUR, March 20 -- Sacked Superintendent of Police (SP), Dilli Raj Bista, surrendered himself before the Kanchapur District Court (DC) on Tuesday so as to record his statement on the Nirmala Panta rape and murder case.

Bista has been accused of destroying evidences and torturing the suspects of the case. The court started recording his statement on Tuesday itself. Inspector Dinesh Acharya informed Republica that former SP Bista has been kept under custody at the District Police Office (DPO), Kanchanpur.

After remaining out of contact for long, Bista finally surrendered to the court on Tuesday, according to Registrar of the district court, Hari Krishna Awasthi. "The court started recording his statement on Tuesday which will continue ...