A Dalit woman member of Rawabesi Rural Municipality-3, Khotang was found hanging on Thursday.
Menuja Bishwokarma (30) of Lamidanda, who was elected as a Dalit member of the ward from the Nepali Congress in the local level elections held of May 13, was found dead this morning.
Rural Municipality Chairman Phatik Kumar Shrestha said that Shrestha was found hanging at her parental home.
Her husband Dhupendra Bishwokarma is in Dubai for foreign employment.
The body has been taken to the District Hospital for postmortem.
DSP Umesh Lamsal of the District Police Office said that they are investigating the case.
