Incident Reports

Armed gang opens fire on Sunsari police; 3 hurt in retaliation

2017-01-30

Province 1, Sunsari, Itahari

A motorbike-borne armed gang opened fire on a police team chasing after it, in Itahari of Sunsari district in eastern Nepal on Monday. The police in civvies, in retaliation, opened the fire and injured three suspects. Police also seized two loaded pistols with “Made in USA” marks, two home-made pistols, a knife and some illegal drugs from the suspects. The injured are Shrawan Sardar (29) from Tankisinuwari-7 of Morang district, Satan Paswan (27) from Nocha-2 of Morang and Shubhalal Sardar (42) from Itahari-13 of Sunsari. Police said they opened the fire after the suspected drug smugglers shot at them and ran away. The injured have received injuries in knees and legs and are undergoing treatment at a Dharan-based health facility in the district. Acting on a tip-off, police were following the bike (Ko 22 Pa 6363). Further investigation is underway. सुनसरीको खनारमा आज दिउँसो गोली चल्दा तीनजना घाइते भएका छन् । इटहरी उपमहानगरपालिका-१४ मा पर्ने खनारस्थित सुनसरी मोरङ सिंचाई योजनाको नहरनजिक लागूऔषधका कारोबारी समूह रहेको जानकारी पाएर पुगेको प्रहरीमाथि समूहले गोली चलाएपछि प्रहरीले पनि जवाफी कारवाहीमा गोली चलाएको बताएको छ । पूर्वक्षेत्रीय प्रहरी प्रमुख डिआइजी केशरीराज घिमिरेका अनुसार आपराधिक गतिविधिमा समेत संलग्न लागूऔषधका कारोबारी रहेको सूचनाका आधारमा पुगेको प्रहरी टोली देखेर उनीहरुले गोली चलाएका थिए । त्यस क्रममा प्रहरीको मोटरसाइकलमा गोली लागेको छ । त्यसपछि प्रहरीले पनि प्रतिकारमा गोली प्रहार गरेको थियो । घाइते हुनेमा मोरङ निवासी श्रवण सरदार, करिश्मा चौधरी र सतन पासवान रहेको प्रहरीले जनाएको छ । उनीहरुलाई उपचारका लागि धरानस्थित वीपी कोइराला स्वास्थ्य विज्ञान प्रतिष्ठानमा लगिएको छ । घटनास्थलमा चारवटा पेस्तोल फेला परेको छ । सुनसरीका प्रहरी उपरीक्षक पोषराज पोखरेलका अनुसार घटनास्थलमा हतियारसहित कोरेक्सलगायतका लागूऔषधि फेला परेको छ । घटनाबारे विस्तृत विवरण आउन बाँकी छ ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Twosided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Group Clash
Weapons Small arms
Primary Cause Related to organized crime and illegal trade (drugs, arms, non-gendered human trafficking, protection racket, gang violence, etc.)
Actor 1 - Number of people 3
Actor 1 - Affiliations Criminal
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 5
Actor 2 - Affiliation Police
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Injured 3
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Parsa , Local Newspaper - Dhanusha , Local Newspaper - Mahottari , Local Newspaper - Morang , Local Newspaper - Jhapa , Local Newspaper - Kanchanpur , Local Newspaper - Siraha , Local Newspaper - Saptari

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