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At least 27, 750 people have been infected with dengue in Bagmati province since July 17 till date, the Bagmati Province Health Directorate said. Likewise, 21 persons in the province have died due to dengue infection. It is said out of 13 districts of the province, Kathmandu is the worst-affected while Rasuwa is the least affected. Kathmandu reports 11,467 dengue cases and Rasuwa seven cases so far. The Directorate stated that 8,015 cases are reported in Lalitpur, 3604 cases in Makawanpur, 2108 in Bhaktapur, 1169 in Chitwan, 638 in Dhading, 215 in Kavre, 131 in Nuwakot, 113 in Sindhuli, 125 in Ramechhap, 99 in Sindhupalchok and 69 in Dolakha district. The death toll due to dengue in Bagmati province so far is 21, including seven in Kathmandu, three each in Sindhuli and Ramechhap, two each in Lalitpur, Makawanpur and Chitwan and one each in Bhaktapur and Dhading, the Directorate stated.

Two women were killed in two separate ‘ritualistic human sacrifices’ over three months by three accused persons at Elanthoor in Pathanamthitta district, The Hindu reported. The overnight interrogation of the accused — Shafi alias Rasheed, a resident of Perumbavur in Ernakulam, and a couple, Bhagaval Singh and Laila of Elanthoor in Pathanamthitta — by Kochi city police led to theexplosive revelation of the twin murders. Padmam, a lottery vendor from Ponnurunni in Ernakulam and Rosli, a resident of Kalady near Angamaly, were the ones suspected to have been brutally murdered as part of an occult for the alleged economic wellbeing of the couple. Both women had been missing leading to registration of cases by Kadavanthra police of Kochi city and Kalady police of Ernakulam Rural respectively. The accused were taken into custody in connection with the case registered by Kadavanthra police. It was during the interrogation that the accused confessed to have ‘sacrificed’ another woman in a similar manner months back, according to The Hindu. “While Padmam was murdered in the last week of September, the other woman was killed in June. All three accused were involved in the brutal murder of both women and their bodies were buried side-by-side within the property of the couple. Whether there was a racket engaged in such human sacrifices and whether more people were involved in these murders remain to be investigated. The accused had confessed to the crime and we have corroborated their statements,” said C.H. Nagaraju, District Police Chief (Kochi City).  

Two persons including an officer at the District Health Office, Jhapa have died due to dengue. The deceased have been identified as Shashi Kumar Bhattarai (57) of Bhadrapur Municipality-7 and Nisha Chhetri (52) of Birtamod Municipality-3. Bhattarai is the family planning officer at the District Health Office, Jhapa. He had gone to Kathmandu in the third week of August to get his wife Mitra Bhattarai's leg treated. Bhattarai was infected with dengue in Kathmandu. Health Office officer Bal Krishna Bhandari said that Bhattarai, who was receiving treatment at the HAMS Hospital, breathed his last during the course of treatment on Monday morning. He was suffering from diabetes and heart related problems for the past few years.