2019-07-04
KATHMANDU, July 4: Police on Thursday confiscated 110 rounds of bullets, one Self-Loading Rifle (SLR) and one Light Machine Gun (LMG) with its magazines in Sankhuwasabha.
During a raid, a team of police seized the arms allegedly possessed by the cadres of outlawed Chand-led outfit from Mewa Khola area in the district, according to SP Ramesh Thapa at the Police Headquarters.
Meanwhile, the police team also arrested Nim Dorji Lama, a local-level cadre of the Chand-led outfit from the same place.
The seizure of the arms comes three days after the cadres of Chand-led group and police exchanged fire in Sankhuwasabha.
Violent / Non-violent | Nonviolent |
Primary Form | Arrest (politically significant) |
Primary Cause | Other political issues |
Actor 1 - Number of people | 1 |
Actor 1 - Affiliations | CPN (Chand) and affiliated org |
Actor 1 - Youth | unknown |
Actor 2 - Number of people | n/a |
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Government and civil servants at central level |
Actor 2 - Youth | na |