Man arrested for attempting poisoning

July 17, 2002
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A restauranteur was arrested Tuesday in the capital for attempting to kill 10 persons, including five policemen, by lacing their lentils with poison, police said.

Police are preparing charges against suspect Hari Bhurtel now in custody at Hanumak Dhoka. The 10 have returned home after preliminary treatment for food poisoning.

Bhurtel has confessed mixing poison in the lentils to attract customers to his eatery by slurring the image of his uncle’s restaurant where the 10 had a meal and fell sick, police said. nepalnews.com br July 17