RUPANDEHI, May 10 -- A group of women encircled the Area Police Office (APO), Butwal, on Thursday, demanding stern action against a woman who allegedly killed her daughter-in-law for dowry.

On May 3, Laxmi Khatri, 25, of Binayapur, Butwal Sub-metropolis-14, was found hanging inside her room. The parents and neighbors of the deceased have intensified their protest of late accusing Laxmi's mother-in-law Harimaya Khatri, 42, of murdering her.

Chandrakala Khatri, the mother of the deceased, filed a complaint at the APO, Butwal, accusing Harimaya of killing her daughter. On Thursday, a large number of women encircled the APO, accuse the police of trying to shield the culprit by taking Laxmi's 'murder' as a suicide.

Harimaya, chairperson of ...