Police arrested a man in possession of a weapon at Golbazaar Municipality-4 in Siraha district on Tuesday.

Acting on a tip-off, police arrested Chatur Narayan Chaudhary, 46, a resident of Dhangadhimai Municipality, with a sub-machine gun during a security check.

Two magazines and five rounds of bullets were also seized from Chaudhary’s bag. Police recovered some pamphlets from Chaudhary that were issued in the name of Swatantra Tarai Nirman Sena Kedraya Bureau. It is suspected that he is a member of an armed outfit. The DPO is preparing to file a case against Chaudhary under the Arms and Ammunitions Act.  

APF recovers pistol

MAHOTTARI: A team of Armed Police Force (APF) found a pistol near the Nepal-India border in Samasi Rural Municipality-7, Mahottari, on Monday evening. The APF personnel recovered the firearm that was hidden in a bamboo clump. It is not immediately known who had hid the pistol there, said police.