NUWAKOT, APR 19 - Government projects such as roads, electricity and irrigation are turning fatal for people in Nuwakot district.

The murders of three of a family at Bhadrutar one-and-a-half months ago, related to project disputes, can be taken as an example.

 The reason for the murder of Bishnu Prasad Thapaliya, 67, Bhairabi Thapaliya, 64, and Shyam Thapaliya, 42, was dispute over irrigation, road and drinking water projects with other locals.

The arrested, Krishna Pandit, Phulman Tamang, Krishnaman Tamang and Purushottam Khatiwada, told the District Attorney Office that it was all due to dispute over projects. The District Court has remanded them to custody.

The family of the victims said that the deceased had disputes over irrigation with Krishnaman and Phulman and over road and drinking water with the rest. Of the arrested, Pandit is a UCPN (Maoist) district secretariat member.

The arrested persons said seven of them were involved in the incident and that Pandit was the mastermind. They also revealed the murder plan was made at Chwandanda and that Khatiwada supplied the weapons.

Over a dozen other cases filed with police and the local administration are project dispute-oriented.