Nepal
Recovery of Arms:2019

An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was defused outside the premises of St Xavier’s College at Maitighar in the capital city, Kathmandu on August 7, reports The Himalayan Times. According to Police, the IED was discovered at around 5:50 am and a bomb disposal team from the Nepal Army and defused the bomb. Read less...

Police arrested one person in possession of arms and ammunition from Lal Bakiya river banks in Isnath Municipality of Rautahat District on January 29, reports The Himalayan Times. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Armed Police Force (APF) arrested Nakul Patel (47) of Tikuliya under Gaur Municipality in the District. The APF team recovered one Italian-made 9 mm pistol, one home-made gun, one magazine each and 5 rounds of bullets along with other ammunition from the possession of Patel. Read less...

One person was killed and four wounded in an explosion in a hotel at Dhangadi in Kailali District in Nepal, reports My Republica. The fatality was identified as Ram Singh who was involved in detonating the explosive device. The wounded individuals were identified as Keshavraj Pandey, Laxman Sherala, Mobin Khan and Jitendra Yadav. Police also recovered a pistol from the hotel. According to Police, Nepal Communist Party-Bikram Chand (NCP- Bikram Chand) was behind the incident. Read less...

Two bombs were recovered from Bageshwori School under Takla town in Humla District of Karnali province in Nepal July 3, reports My Republica. The socket bombs were spotted at the school’s playground and later a bomb disposal team diffused the bombs, Police Inspector, Rajendra Bahadur Singh said. Read less...

Police confiscated 110 rounds of bullets, one Self-Loading Rifle (SLR) and one Light Machine Gun (LMG) with its magazines in Sankhuwasabha District of Province No. 1 in Nepal on July 4, reports My Republica. During a raid, a team of Police seized the arms allegedly possessed by the cadres of Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist-Chand) outfit from Mewa Khola area in the District, Superintendent of Police (SP), Ramesh Thapa said. Meanwhile, the Police team also arrested Nim Dorji Lama, a local-level cadre of the CPN-Maoist-Chand outfit from the same place, SP, Thapa added. Read less...

Kumar Poudel, Sarlahi District in-charge of the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist-Chand) was killed in the cross firing between the party cadres and Police at Lalbandi Municipality-1 in Sarlahi District of Province No. 2 on June 20, reports The Himalayan Times.Four cadres of CPN-Maoist-Chand, riding on two motorcycles, fired at the Police while the Police were chasing them. In retaliation, District in-charge Poudel was killed on the spot while three other managed to flee the scene.After the incident, Police recovered a muzzleloader and three rounds of bullets from the site. Read less...

An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was recovered in the premises of Triyuga Municipality office in Udayapur District of Province No. 1 on June 21, reports The Himalayan Times. Locals informed the Udayapur District Police after a pressure cooker was discovered wrapped inside a pink-coloured bag in the process of cleaning the Municipality premises. A bomb disposal unit from the Nepal Army found pieces of cloth, wires and tape inside the pressure cooker. Read less...

A team of Nepal Army personnel, on March 10, defused an improvised explosive device planted at Kamal Pokhari of Syuchatar in Nagarjun Municipality-10, reports The Kathmandu Post.According to Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Hobindra Bogati, spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu, locals had informed Police after they saw a suspicious object that looked like a partly buried pressure cooker at around 10am.“The pressure cooker contained explosives. However, it was defused by the Nepal Army before it could explode and cause any harm,” Bogati said. Read less...

Likewise, a suspicious object was found at the gate of Hetauda Industrial Estate in Hetauda-9 on March 13, reports The Himalayan Times. It is assumed that CPN-Maoist-Chand placed the object which could be an explosive. A team of Nepal Army and Nepal Police reached the site to take necessary measures. Read less...

An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off in front of Department of Forests-Division Office main gate in Kawasoti along the Mahendra Highway in Nawalparasi/ Nawalpur District of Gandaki province in Nepal on March 14, reports The Himalayan Times. However, no casualties were reported in the socket bomb explosion, District Police Office (DPO) informed.Earlier, an IED was discovered at Jay Shree bridge in Gaidakot along the highway by locals on the eve of the Banda(general shutdown strike) enforced by Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist-Chand) on March 14. Read less...

Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) of the Nepal Army defused a bomb planted by an unidentified outfit at Rajha Chok along the Nepalgunj-Kohalpur road section in Banke District in Province No. 5, on March 14, reports My Republica.Along with it, normal life has been affected in Banke due to Nepal Banda called by CPN-Maoist-Chand, said Banke, SP, Arun Poudel. Read less...

A cadre of Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist-Chand), Tirthraj Ghimire, who was injured in Police firing on May 21 in Bhojpur District of Province No. 1 has died in course of treatment at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in the wee hours of May 22, reports The Himalayan Times. Police recovered a pistol, five bullets, a binocular, four detonators, explosive materials, brochures and pamphlets of the party from the possession of Ghimire. Read less...

Four persons were killed and seven others were injured in a string of blasts in Kathmandu of Kathmandu District in Province No. 3 on May 26, reports The Himalayan Times. Though no one has claimed responsibility for the blasts, Nepal Police suspects the hand of Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist-Chand). A pressure cooker bomb went off in a barber’s shop at Sukedhara, Kathmandu killing three persons and injuring four others. Their identities had not been established. However, Police suspect two of the deceased were CPN-Maoist-Chand cadres. Those injured in Sukedhara blast are Hari Khadka, Surendra Maharjan, Jeet Kumar Thakur and Chhotu Thakur. Maharjan is the chairperson of CPN-Maoist-Chand-aligned Newa Mukti Morcha in Kathmandu. Police claimed that the group led by Maharjan was using a room rented by the barber to make bombs. Meanwhile, a cadre of CPN-Maoist-Chand was killed on the spot and another was injured after a powerful bomb went off on the ground floor of a rented house in Ghattekulo, Kathmandu. The deceased has been identified as Prajjwal Shahi. He was reportedly making a bomb when it accidentally went off. Rabin KC of Rukum, who was a room-mate of Shahi, sustained severe head injuries. A Police source told that Shahi and KC were making improvised explosive devices to be planted at a public place. In yet another incident, two persons were injured when a bomb they were carrying on a motorcycle exploded in Nagdhunga, Kathmandu. They have been identified as CPN-Maoist-Chand cadres Akash Lama and Buddha Lama. Meanwhile, Police arrested seven persons in possession of four pressure cooker bombs, pamphlets of CPN-Maoist-Chand and other explosive materials from Koteshwor, Kathmandu. Read less...

A pressure cooker bomb was recovered along Prithivi Highway at Chalise in Dhading District of Province No. 3 on October 20, reports The Himalayan Times. Later, a bomb disposal team of Nepal Army (NA) diffused the pressure cooker bomb. The bomb might have been placed in the public to create panic among the locals, informed Police. Read less...

The Police arrested eight cadres of Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoist-Chand) on September 16 from a rented house in Birtamod at Jhapa District of Province No. 1, reports Himalayan Times. The arrestees identified as Prabin Mishra, TikaPokhrel and Anulsaru Magarwho were involved in detaonating bombs in various places were produced before the press on September 18. Two pistols, some bullets and donation billswere recovered from the trio. Read less...

Police on September 22 arrested Bam Bahadur Bista, District Secretary of Netra Bikram Chand Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoist-Chand) from Bhaisepakha of Bhojpur District in Province No. 1, reports The Himalayan Times. Police recovered two Italian-made automatic pistols, bullets, hand grenade, two mobile sets and SIM card from him. Read less...

On September 23, Bhojpur Police produced arrested District Secretary Bam Bahadur Bista of Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoist-Chand) in front of public, reports Himalayan Times. Bam Bahadur Bista was arrested on September 22 from Bhaisepakha of Bhojpur Municipality-10 in Province No.1 along with two Italian-made automatic pistols, bullets, hand grenade, two mobile sets, and SIM card. The arrestee was remanded to seven-day custody by the District Court. Read less...