Mahottari, September 19, 2026 — Police have arrested four people in connection with the death of 22-year-old Bibek Kumar Sardar, whose dismembered body was found inside a septic tank in Banauta of Balwa Municipality-7, Mahottari, nearly two weeks after he went missing.
Sardar, the son of Ashok Kumar Batar of Bhangaha Municipality-6, had been reported missing on Bhadra 16 after he failed to return home from his sister’s house in Pigaun, Jaleshwar Municipality-9.
According to police, he had left his sister’s house on a motorcycle on the morning of Bhadra 15 after staying there overnight. His family filed a missing-person report at the District Police Office, Mahottari, after he did not return home.
During the subsequent search, police used CCTV footage, mobile-phone location analysis and other technical investigation methods to trace Sardar. His body was eventually found inside a septic tank behind the house of Ashok Kumar Thakur in Banauta on Bhadra 26.
Police said the body had been dismembered into nine pieces and concealed inside the tank, which had been newly plastered.






