Man with loaded gun lands in police custody

TAPLEJUNG, JUNE 25: In Taplejung, a man has been detained by the police with a loaded gun.

Naresh Khoyahang Limbu, 42, of Pathibhara Yang Warak Rural Municipality-4, Dumrise, was arrested along with a loaded gun, according to the chief of the District Police Office, Taplejung, DSP Ravi Rawal.

According to DSP Rawal, Limbu was arrested from in front of Pipleshwari Primary School in Dumrise with a loaded gun, 57 grams of ammunition used in the gun, one bullet-like object, six skewers with forks and one piece of khukuri.

Police said that further investigation against Limbu is underway, with the District Court, Taplejung, extending his judicial custody by 7 days for further investigation.