Acting on a tip-off, the crime division arrested three from Kalanki and recovered a pistol and a magazine from their possession. Those arrested have been identified as Beg Bahadur Tamang, 33, from Dhading, Samrat Rai, 24, from Sunsari, and Sunil Tamang, 19, of Kathmandu. Beg Bahadur and Sunil were found to have served jail terms under robbery and theft charges in the past."During the investigation, it was revealed that they were waiting for other three members of the gang coming from Dhading to join them," SSP Sarbendra Khanal, the newly appointed chief of the Crime Division said.
We deployed a squad under DSP Ramesh Thapa to prevent the crime and arrested the other three members of the gang from Jhayple Khola, a bordering area in Dhading with Kathmandu.
Those arrested from Dhading area are Sandesh Tamang, 22, Kaji Shrestha, 28, and Prem Gurung, 22. The police recovered a pistol, a magazine and three bullets from their possession as well.
The police also seized police uniforms hidden in the Rai's rented room in Jyatha-29 of Kathmandu.
Meanwhile, the Crime Division has also arrested a man for duping others with the promise of exchanging Nepali currencies with USD, which later turned out to be fake. Ganga Bahadur Dumjan, 26 of Barhabise, Sindhupalchowk, lured a man seeking USD at low exchange rates and exchanged 458 USD notes of 50 denominations with Rs 800,000.
But the bundle of USD, wrapped in a cloth, turned out to be mere papers cut in the size of dollar bills.
The police on the basis of facial description and call details arrested the fraudster from Duwakot, Bhaktapur.
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