Crime
Foreign national arrested in Kathmandu with cocaine worth Rs 40 million
KATHMANDU: A foreign national, Bhamara Kon from Ivory Coast, was arrested in Thamel, Kathmandu, with cocaine valued at around Rs 40 million. The arrest took place on Sunday when police found...
6 people arrested for gang-raping 16-year-old girl in Jhapa
Six people have been taken into custody in Jhapa on suspicion of gang-raping a sixteen-year-old girl that evening at several locations. Anish Limbu (19), Saroj Rai (34), Keshav Magar (25), Sudip Sh...
Parliamentary committee records statement from Chabilal Joshi Banjade in cooperative fraud case
KATHMANDU: The statement of Chabilal Joshi Banjade, a business colleague of Galaxy Television's owner GB Rai, has been recorded by the parliamentary investigative committee in connection wit...
Police seize 1,420 kg of marijuana in Dharan
KATHMANDU: From a vehicle coming from Dhankuta, police in Dharan, Sunsari, confiscated 1,420 kg of marijuana. Around nine in the morning, authorities found forty-four sacks of the narcotic i...
Two arrested after detonating IED at Mahendra Multiple Campus in Ghorahi
KATHMANDU: Two individuals have been arrested after they detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), also known as a Sutali Bomb, at Mahendra Multiple Campus in Ghorahi this morning. Acc...
Woman found dead in Mahottari, family accuses in-laws of dowry-related murder
KATHMANDU: A 20-year-old lady called Rina Devi Rai was discovered dead in Mahottari under strange circumstances. On May 1, Rina, a resident of Ramoul in Jaleshwar Municipality's Ward 8, was...
Kathmandu District Court orders detention of Bechan Jha in fake Bhutanese refugee scam
KATHMANDU: The Kathmandu District Court has ordered the detention of Bechan Jha in relation to the fake Bhutanese refugee scam. Judge Tirtha Raj KC issued the detention order, ruling that Jh...
2 arrested in Jaleswar for extortion attempt against local resident
KATHMANDU: Police in Jaleswar have arrested Sunil Kumar Rawat, 24, and Karan Mandal, 19, for allegedly extorting money from Gaffar Rain of Jaleswar Municipality-5. The accused, both from Ram...
2 young men critically injured in sharp weapon attack in Raptisonari
KATHMANDU: Two young men were attacked with sharp weapons in Raptisonari, Banke district, on Saturday evening. The victims, Sandip Bisht and Sulabh Malla, both 28, were assaulted by masked i...
Man charged with beating wife to death in Mahottari
KATHMANDU: A 45-year-old Sonukhada village resident in Mahottari named Habib Nadaf is accused of killing his 36-year-old wife, Roshana Khatun. Superintendent of Police Nakul Pokharel said th...
Parliamentary investigation committee questions Dipesh Pun over cooperative fraud case
KATHMANDU: Regarding a cooperative fraud case, Dipesh Pun, the son of former Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun, was examined by the parliamentary investigation committee. Dipesh Pun, a f...
Man arrested in Morang on rape charges
KATHMANDU: Josen Rai, 35, of Belbari Municipality-4, has been taken into custody by Morang police on suspicion of raping two adolescent girls. The 16-year-old and the 19-year-old victim file...
