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Indian woman dies in Kathmandu, husband detained

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Press Trust of India Kathmandu
An Indian woman died in mysterious circumstances in her apartment in the Nepalese capital today, prompting police to take her husband into custody.

Thirty-year-old Chanda Devi was declared dead when her husband Mahesh Prasad Baniya brought her to Bir Hospital, officials said.

Chanda, a resident of Motihari in Bihar, was staying in a rented apartment at Teku on the outskirts of Kathmandu.

Baniya was taken into custody and interrogated, police said. No further details were immediately available.

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First Published: Dec 26 2013 | 6:22 PM IST

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