Chakre Milan's accomplice arrested with 'AK-47' weapon

KATHMANDU, April 11: A person who was carrying an AK-47 rifle apparently to provide security to gangster Milan Gurung also known as Chakre Milan, during the latter’s visit to Nepalgunj has been arrested.

Ganesh Bahadur Bogti of Baijnath Rural Municipality, an associate of Milan, was arrested.

According to SP Santosh Singh Rathore, chief of the District Police Office, Banke, the deadly weapon with him has also been recovered. According to the police, he was also found to have taken a license from the District Administration Office, Banke. The police said that they are investigating the purpose for which he took the weapon and when.

A video of Bogti skirting Milan with a weapon when he was seen at Siddharth Hotel in Nepalgunj was released through TikTok. Chakra Milan is in CPN-UML. Sources say that he has reached Nepalgunj to participate in the convention of the youth association of the party.

Chakre Milan is one of the oldest gangsters in the Kathmandu Valley. Deepak Manange in Thamel, Chakre Milan in Maharajgunj and Raju Gorkhali in Chabahil were in control after the mass movement of BS 2062/063.