132 armed criminals nabbed from capital this year

KATHMANDU, Nov 8 - About 132 persons along with weapons have been arrested from the capital city this year whereas 29 are still at large, police said on Saturday.Police started a campaign to curb armed criminals in Kathmandu district after their activities increased since last year. “Gangs of armed criminals ...

...to capture business tenders and sand harvesting contracts,” said SP Sarvendra Khanal of the Kathmandu Police, talking to our correspondent Jitendra Shah.

Khanal informed that the police have confiscated 22 pistols, 12 revolvers, nine hand made pistols and 132 live bullets from them.

According to the police, the ones arrested include heads of gangland, kidnappers, members of armed struggle groups and operators of restaurant and dance bars.

Police nabbed 73 of them from the core area of the capital, 15 from Maharajgunj, 22 from Bouddha, 10 from Kalimati, nine from Baneshwor, and three from Balaju.

“The more number of filed complaints and arrests made then after bodes the decrease in crime rate,” Khanal said, “That is why there is no case of gun attack in the capital city for last few months.

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