Millions of rupees looted in Myagdi

MYAGDI, June 5: People who came as guests and sought refuge overnight at a house robbed their hosts of millions of rupees worth valuables.



The incident took place at Arjekhola village in Singa VDC in the western part of Myagdi district on Monday night. [break]



Three people who came at the house of one Rudra Bahadur Khadka asked him for refuge at his house for one night. The same people drugged Khadka and made away with 100,000 rupees in cash and 12 tolas gold jewelry, police said. Only Khadka was imn the house that night, it is learnt.



Khadka who had gone to bed at 10 p.m. on Monday regained his consciousness on Tuesday afternoon and found out that the cash and jewelry in the safe was missing. He immediately informed the Tatopani police post.



Police have launched a manhunt for the looters.

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