KATHMANDU, March 14: The police have charged batons on the participants of the massive ‘pressure demonstration’ organized by Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal.

KATHMANDU, March 12: Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane has said that the police should not hesitate to take action against criminals without awaiting specific orders.

Police raid house of former DIG Joshi

February 8, 2024 10:20 am

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: Police raided the house of former DIG Chabilal Joshi on Wednesday evening.

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: A total of 3,045 people have been arrested in the past six months on offenses related to narcotic drugs.

CHITWAN, Feb 3: The depositors of Chitwan's Sahara Chitwan Multipurpose Cooperative Limited have been asked to file complaints.

LAMJUNG, Dec 25: A leopard cat was found at Besisahar Municipality-8 in Lamjung. Police Inspector at the District Police Office, Lamjung, Thaneswor Chapai, said that the beast was found hiding under the banana trees of Dal Bahadur Poudel of Besisahar-8 on Sunday.

JANAKPURDHAM, Dec 22: Tension has escalated following the death of an individual at the local police office in Hanspur Municipality of Dhanusha. After the death of an injured person during a clash between two groups, local residents vandalized the police office and set a motorcycle on fire.

BARA, Dec 13: A local resident sustained severe injuries in a clash between protesting employees and the police in Bara's Simraungadh Municipality. Bara Superintendent of Police, Suresh Kafle, reported that the injured individual was transported to Narayani Hospital in Birgunj for treatment. Additionally, 10 policemen were injured during the confrontation.

KATHMANDU, Nov 26: About 26 people holding various positions in the Nepal Police have gone out contact.

In Pictures: Tense Balkhu

November 23, 2023 16:00 pm

KATHMANDU, Nov 23: In Balkhu, supporters of the Durga Prasai-leed group pelted stones at the police. After the demonstrators hurled stones and bricks at the police, the latter responded with water cannons and tear gas.

KATHMANDU, Nov 23: After the protestors tried to enter the restricted area in Balkhu, Kathmandu, the police fired half a dozen tear gas canisters and water cannons.

KATHMANDU, Nov 1: In a special operation in Gothatar, police officers resorted to using firearms to apprehend drug dealers.

KATHMANDU, Oct 12: One member of a robbers’ group was injured and two others were detained by the police after a shootout at the Baudhhanath Stupa in Baudhha, Kathmandu Thursday afternoon.

KATHMANDU, Oct 12: The police opened fire and arrested one person in Bauddha, Kathmandu on Thursday afternoon.

KATHMANDU, Sept 21: Police have arrested one more person in connection with the assault on two doctors in Hetauda.

JANAKPURDHAM, Sept 20: Police arrested two individuals in Mahottari with 210 kilograms of marijuana.

KATHMANDU, Sept 17: Leaking information obtained until the completion of a criminal investigation is considered unprofessional conduct of the investigating officer. However, in the investigation of the recent big and well-known crime incidents, the investigation officers of Nepal Police have leaked information one after another. Some facts and information obtained during the police investigation including leaders' speeches, especially in the fake Bhutanese refugee scam case and the gold smuggling case, are highlighted through social media. As the investigation was not completed, such information reached the doorsteps of political power centers.

KATHMANDU, Sept 8: Police have arrested one more person in connection with the ongoing gold smuggling case.

BHAKTAPUR, Aug 21: A shooting incident occurred as 200 inmates within a correction center in Madhyapur Thimi Municipality-2, Sanothimi, Bhaktapur, engaged in a confrontation with the police on Monday, resulting in injuries sustained by both parties.

KATHMANDU, Aug 20: An investigation has been started against 12 people, including some police officers, in the murder case of two prisoners inside Sankhuwasabha prison. The police and the other prisoners were involved in the murder of the prisoner.

Sankhuwasabha, Aug 14: Police sub inspector Laxmi Chaudhary has been apprehended over the deaths of two inmates in the prison office, Sankhuwasabha last week.

KATHMANDU, Aug 10: A lawmaker of ruling Nepali Congress (NC) Sunil Sharma has been detained by the police.

Six home-made guns recovered

August 10, 2023 12:39 pm

DHORPATAN, Aug 10: Police recovered six home-made guns in Baglung. A squad from the Hatiya Police Post seized five home-made guns while another team from the Narethanti Police Post recovered one on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, August 2: Criminal activities have increased in the country lately. Over 100,000 incidents of various crimes took place in the past two years, according to the Nepal Police Headquarters.

KATHMANDU, August 2: A clash erupted between the police and protesters after the latter surrounded the District Police Range, Teku, demanding the arrest of advocate Bhagwati Pandey who gave controversial statements.

KATHMANDU, July 18: Police have enforced Traffic Violation Record Software (TVRS) in 21 districts from Monday.

KATHMANDU, July 15: Police have arrested four persons in connection with the death of a health worker at Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Centre in Maharajgunj, Kathmandu.

NANTERRE, France: Hushed and visibly anguished, hundreds of mourners from France’s Islamic community formed a solemn procession from a mosque to a hillside cemetery on Saturday to bury a 17-year-old whose killing by police has triggered days of rioting and looting across the nation.

KATHMANDU, June 27: Police on Monday arrested one more absconding defendant on charge of fraud by committing to send Nepali citizens to the US by making documents of fake Bhutanese refugees.

KATHMANDU, June 20: A clash broke out between the agitating members of the Citizenship-less Struggle Committee and the police in Maitighar, Kathmandu on Tuesday. The Citizenship-less Struggle Committee has said that they were deprived of citizenship certificates when the Supreme Court blocked the implementation of the Citizenship Bill approved by President Ram Chandra Paudel.

SINDHULI, June 2: Police have identified the three individuals who went missing after a jeep plunged into the Sunkoshi river on Friday.

The ongoing investigation into the fake Bhutanese refugee scam by Nepal Police has garnered both praise and skepticism from the public. While the police have made notable arrests, including high-profile individuals, a significant number of VIPs who appeared on the investigation radar have been neither interrogated nor apprehended. This apparent discrepancy in treatment has led to widespread criticism, highlighting a troubling double standard in the application of the law.

KATHMANDU, May 23: Police on Monday submitted its investigation report against those involved in the fake Bhutanese refugee scam to the District Public Prosecutor's Office.

KATHMANDU, May 12: Police arrested 20-year-old Srijan Niraula for swindling 12 people out of Rs 1.5 million.

KATHMANDU, May 4: Police have made some high profile arrests involving a racket accused of sending Nepali nationals to the USA in the guise of Bhutanese refugees.

KATHMANDU, April 30: The police have arrested one accused allegedly involved in the murder of Nira Pandey in Kapan.

Biratnagar, April 22: There were sporadic clashes between the activists of Province 1 Re-naming Joint Struggle Committee and the police in Biratnagar.

KATHMANDU, April 17: There was a clash between the police and loan sharking victims in Shantibatika, Kathmandu. In the clash, some loan sharking victims were injured and some were detained by the police.

BAITADI, April 13: Police arrested the absconding driver of the jeep that met with a fatal accident in Baitadi.

Kathmandu, Feb 18: The police have arrested 40 people involved in vandalizing and looting Lotse Mall located at New Bus Park area in Balaju as well as for torching police vehicles on February 13.

KATHMANDU, Feb 11: Nepal Police has admitted its flaws in an incident of manhandling a doctor of the National Trauma Centre on Friday during the presidential escort.

KATHMANDU, Jan 31: The police have refused to register a complaint against Rabi Lamichhane, chairman of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), over his passport issue.

All this has raised a very important question: have the police been defying the home minister’s orders to arrest Koiri? It may sound harsh to Home Minister Lamichhane, but it seems yes! If otherwise, Koiri would have been arrested long ago. But Koiri enjoyed a similar liberty during the erstwhile Sher Bahadur Deuba-led government, too.

JALESHWOR, Dec 16: Five people were injured after a clash that ensued between the police personnel and local residents of Ramgopalpur Municipality in Mahottari district on Thursday.

CHITWAN, Dec 11: Three motorcycles along with illegal woods have been seized in Chitwan. Three pellets of wood and three motorcycles were taken in control by police last night at 1am in Nawa Jagriti Community Forest near Khageri Bridge of Bhojad, Bharatpur Metropolitan Municipality -1.

KATHMANDU, Oct 23: Inspector General (IG) of Nepal Police Dhiraj Pratap Singh has directed the Nepal Police to carry out their duties in a fair and error-free manner in the elections slated for November 20.

KATHMANDU, Oct 18: Chief Minister of Lumbini Province, Kul Prasad KC has said that the police force of Lumbini Province will be ready soon as the Province Police Act has already been passed by the province assembly.

KATHMANDU, Oct 10: Cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane's lawyer has claimed that the girl who accused Lamichhane of raping her is not a minor.

KATHMANDU, Sept 23: Allegations of political interference in Nepal Police are overwhelming. Almost every promotion is challenged at courts. The fact that the highest level of political maneuvering takes place in transfers is an "open secret".

KATHMANDU, Sept 22: Police have arrested five people with drugs from different parts of the country.