Indian national arrested in Nawalparasi over shooting of woman in Butwal

Nawalparasi, October 19, 2026 — Police have arrested a 26-year-old Indian national accused of shooting a woman in Butwal in an attempted murder case and fleeing to India after the incident.

The arrested man has been identified as Sitare Alam Ansari.

According to police, Ansari allegedly shot 29-year-old Tika Bista Chhetri, also known as Bipana, on Baisakh 6, 2082 (April 19, 2025). She is originally from Bamgha in Rainadevi Rural Municipality-3, Palpa, and was running a snack shop in Buddh Nagar, Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City-11, Rupandehi.

Ansari reportedly fled to India after the shooting and had been living there in hiding.

Acting on specific intelligence that Ansari had entered Nepal and was in Nawalparasi, a joint police team arrested him at Bilaspur in Palhinandan Rural Municipality-3 at around 3 p.m. on Kartik 1, 2083 (October 18, 2026).

The team comprised personnel from the Lumbini Province Police Office in Dang and the District Police Office in Nawalparasi.

Police also seized an Indian motorcycle bearing registration number UP 56 AH 0516 from Ansari.

Further investigation into the case is underway, police said.