Bhadrapur: The Jhapa district court has sentenced two persons convicted in a murder case to life imprisonment and confiscation of all their property.

According to the Jhapa District Court, Ramesh K.C., Alias Talram Khadka, a resident of Prithivinagar VDC-5, Jhapa district has confessed to the jury that he had killed Krishna Kumar Rai of Kaku VDC-6, Solukhumbu district by using a sharp weapon.

A bench of district court judge  Balkrishna Upreti handed down the sentence to the two.

It is learnt that Khadka had killed his friend near the deuniya stream six years ago.

Khadka was earlier convicted of women trafficking and sentenced to 20 years prison term and a fine of Rs 80,000 by the Udayapur District Court and 15 years of imprisonment and a fine of Rs 28,000 for the second time by the Jhapa district court on the same charge.

Likewise, the court sentenced Mrs. Lokmaya Karki, a resident of Bahundangi VDC-4, to life imprisonment and confiscation of property in a case relating to the murder of Tej Bahadur Karki.

The court also sentenced Phul Maya Ghale to life imprisonment in the same case for complicity in the murder. The bench of district court judge  Khadka is also learnt to have handed down a prison sentence of six years six months and confiscation of half his property to Raju Thapa, a resident of Bhaktapur district Tathali-2 for raping a 14-year-old girl and trying to sell her off to a brothel in India. The court also ordered half of the property be given to the rape victim.