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Three men held with musket
Some other suspected hunters fled, say police.bookmark
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Published at : October 29, 2024
Updated at : October 29, 2024 08:19
Bardiya
Police arrested three people in possession of a musket from a community forest in ward 3 of Madhuwan Municipality in Bardiya district on Sunday.
According to the District Police Office in Bardiya, Chandra Bahadur Bhandari, 63, Sukumraj Chaudhary, 38, and Shyam Kumar Gautam, 56, from ward 10 of Rajapur Municipality were arrested with the musket from Kothiya Community Forest near the Nepal-India border.
Some other suspected hunters fled, said police.
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