Eleven others accused of the murder are still absconding. [break]
A murder complaint had been filed in Chitwan against Poudel and his associates. A dozen people, including Poudel, have been accused of shooting dead Youth Association Nepal (YAN) central member Sanjaya Lama on Aug 27, and attacking another YAN central member Kamal Pathak on Sept 7.
Poudel was arrested from his relative´s house in Kathmandu.
A highly placed source said police personnel, including those from Metropolitan Police Range Hanumandhoka, found Poudel at 12:45 am inside a water storage tank of a house located between Kalanki and Kalimati in Kathmandu.
The two others were also arrested from the same house.
“We had been watching the house following a tip off about their presence there,” said a police source in Kathmandu. “But Poudel did not get out of the house for two days.”
Eventually, after being told by a boy in the house that his uncle´s friends from Chitwan were staying in the house, police searched the house on Friday.
Police have already arrested one Raju Gurung of Tarun Dal in connection with the murder, while one Yam Bahadur Karki´s involvement in the murder has already been established.
Poudel in blue cap.
Lama was shot dead by Poudel´s group at Kerabari, Kabilas VDC, following a dispute over cash collection from timber traders.
Police found Poudel had made calls to his friends using various SIM cards during his stay in the house.
During questioning immediately after the arrest, Poudel pleaded innocence and told the police that Chandra Bahadur Gurung and another man nicknamed Bhaddu murdered Lama.
Chitwan police Chief Khinu Prasad Acharya said Poudel and the two men were flown to Chitwan on Friday. “We will present them before the court after investigations,” he Acharya.
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