Devkota's daughter's kidnapper held

TThe police today identified five abductors involved in the kidnapping of neurosurgeon Upendra Devkota’s daughter and produced one of them, Hem Bahadur Magar alias Hemanta, aka Gore, before the mediapersons here today.Addressing a press meet today, Additional Inspector General Keshav Baral announced an award of Rs 50,000 for a tip-off ... ...the whereabouts of any of the four absconding kidnappers.He added that the process to issue red corner notice through Interpol has already been initiated.After 10 days of investigation, Metropolitan Police Crime DivisionHanuman Dhoka identified the gang’s leader as Siddhartha Lama, 42, of Sunakothi, Lalitpur. Lama hails from Sukepokhari-1, Dhankuta.He was arrested from Boudha in 2001 in a case of robbery. He introduces himself as a manpower agent and used to work as a security guard with an international company.According to the police, the abductee was kept in the rented house of Krishna Rai alias Bijaya and Hemant at Nakkhu-13 in Lalitpur sub-Metropolitan City.The police also confiscated Rs 246,000, a car, four motorbikes, a scooter and three helmets used in the abduction from Nakkhu.Police uniforms, two pistols, two magazines, 33 bullets, two plastic hand grenades, four khukuris, banned narcotic drugs, medical kit, jewelleries and mobile sim cards were also seized.Senior Superintendent of Police Upendra Kant Aryal of MPCD said organised criminal gangs operating in the capital were well-informed and were exploiting the loopholes in the legal system.Dr Devkota appreciated the efforts to nab the criminals.“Had the police been well-equipped, the investigation process would have been quicker,” he added.Dr Devkota said instead of defaming the police force, public should cooperate with them.Dr Devkota’s daughter was abducted on August 3 and was freed the next day.Four of the gang on the run •Gang leader Siddhartha Lama, 42, of Sukepokhari-1, Dhankuta. Introduces himself as a manpower agent.•Krishna Rai alias Bijaya, 35. Introduces himself as a manpower agent from Chintang VDC-4.•Raju Thapa, 34, of Rudrapur -2, Rupandehi. Introduces himself as a real estate agent.•Keshav Darlami Magar, 34, of Dharan-11.

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