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Suspect wanted in connection to Murder Case
 Thimphu police is looking for a suspect of the gruesome murder that took place at Room number 107 of Kulagangri Hotel at Changzamtok on 5 or 6 September 2010. The victim, who was later identified as Gyem Tshering, 25 years old from Pangserbo village, Drujeygang Gewog under Dagana Dzongkhag was found dead. During the preliminary investigation by the team, it was found that the victim was stabbed on the body at five different places.
During the investigation, the hotel owner informed the police that the victim was not the same person who had actually booked the room on 5 September. According to the hotel proprietor, on 5 September around 1730 hours, a man came to book the room and used his name as Tenzin from Wangduephodrang. The hotel staffs had not bothered to check the room till the evening of the next day. Suspecting that the person who booked the room had absconded without paying the bills, the hotel owner informed the Thimphu police. Upon opening the door of the room with a spare key, the investigating team found the body of an unknown person lying dead with stab wounds at five different places. The dead person could not be indentified either by the staffs or the proprietor and they stated that it was not the same person who had checked into the room on 5 September 2010. From the dead body, the police recovered a BNB ATM card, which when; crossed checked with the Bank revealed the identity of the deceased. From the documents maintained by the Bank, the police recovered the mobile phone number of the deceased.
On subsequent investigation, it was learnt that the deceased had clandestinely met someone few days prior to his death. According to the information, it was found that the deceased met someone to strike a deal on the sale of a six eyed “Dzee”.
Further inquiry by the police revealed that a six eyed “Dzee” which belonged to the sister of the deceased was found missing from her house. The mystery person who was involved in striking the deal with the deceased was later identified as one Ugyen Lhendrup from Lhuntse.
The police obtained the arrest warrant on 10th.Sept, 2010 for the arrest of the suspect Ugyen Lhendrup from the Dzongkhag Court. Every effort on the part of the police to locate the suspect turned futile and the suspect seem to have disappeared completely, thus creating more suspicion on his involvement in the case. The police managed to recover a photograph of the suspect including his identity card details. On showing the photograph to the hotel staff and the proprietor, they vouched that this was the same person who had come on 5 September and checked in room number 107.
On cross checking the background of the suspect, the police found that the suspect was of a dubious character that had numerous debts to pay to different people. The police also recovered an arrest warrant issued by the Royal Court of Justice in Thimphu against the suspect, which stated that the suspect was wanted for unpaid debts to other people.
The police immediately distributed the photograph of the suspect to all the Police Stations and Check-Posts. However, till date the suspect could not be apprehended. The details of the suspect are as follows:
Name : Ugyen Lhendrup
Date of Birth : 01 Jan, 1979
S/O : Wangchuk
Village : Dragom
Gewog : Menji
Dzongkhag : Lhuentse
House No : Chha 6-117
Thram No : 266/59
ID card No : 10606000670
The suspect is still at large and the police earnestly request the public to inform the police if the suspect is seen. The informers will be suitably rewarded and their identity protected.
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