Police have arrested and made public the accused in the murder of 17-year-old Avina Baidya of Baltiya, Karjanha Municipality-1, Siraha.

The police have made the accused of Baidya's murder public after a month-long investigation.

According to the police, it has been revealed that 45-year-old Rambalak Chaudhary of Kshireshwornath Municipality-3 in Dhanusha murdered Avina. Avina's body was found in a state of disrepair on November 2 in a ditch near a canal near a school tole in Karjanha-2. During the investigation, it was found that Rambalak, while drunk, called Avina to meet him at 8 pm on November 21, after which they had consensual physical contact and then he strangled Avina to death, making her unconscious and crushed her with a stone. According to the police, they were already in a relationship and used to talk and meet. Rambalak had also proposed marriage to Avina, but Avina had also talked to others, and Rambalak, suspecting that they were in a relationship, killed her out of impulse, the police have told.