A youth, who was arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend and subsequently throwing the body to the Kaligandaki river, has been remanded.
Pradeep Parajuli, 23, of Bihadi rural municipality-2, Barrachaur was detained by police for killing his girlfriend Kamala Sharma, 22, of Jaimini municipality-8, Baglung.
The court has directed to remand him for further investigation.
He had allegedly strangulated her to death and thrown the body to the river.
Murder-accused Parajuli admitted that he had murdered the girl rejecting her marriage proposal after she told him that she was pregnant from the relation they had.
Police had registered a murder case against him after he gave explanation admitting the murder.
A bench of Parbat district Judge Dhruba Prasad Sapkota had issued an order to remand Parajuli for further investigation.