Pariyar was tied with rope, fed faeces and tortured before being beaten to death for ‘practicing witchcraft’ by locals Hira Lama and his mother Kaili Tamang on December 5, states the complaint filed by her brother, Lok Bahadur Pariyar.

District Justice Chetnath Dhakal issued a detention order against Hira Lama, Kaili Tamang and deceased’s husband Milan Pariyar. RSS