KATHMANDU: Police have arrested four people for their alleged involvement in criminal activities in Kathmandu. Spokesperson Hobindra Bogati at Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu said they were arrested by police personnel fanned out to control activities of Biplav outfit.

Police said they arrested Santosh Tamang and Avaya, whose surname is yet to be ascertained, from Manamaiju in the Capital City on Tuesday night. Police recovered a khukuri, an iron rod and 139 ampoules of Diazepam, Phenergan and Norphine from their possession.

Likewise, police nabbed Ramesh Basnet and Shersingh Rokaya of Kolapur, Banke with 16 grams brown heroine and a weighing machine from New Buspark.

SARLAHI: Three persons died in separate accidents in Sarlahi.

The deceased have been identified as Shambhu Mahato of Arnaha at Balara Municipality-5, Mosatakima Khatun, 65, of Haripur Municipality- 2, and Kajal Shah of Ishworpur Municiplaity-15 of the district, police said.

Mahato was found lying dead below a tractor neat the Mahalaxmi Sugar Industry of Bagadaha in Godaita Municipality-6. Police said he was sleeping below the tractor –Na 1 Ta 6666 – and was found dead. His head has been trampled.

According to police, Mahato’s head seem to be crushed by other vehicles as he was sleeping below the tractor with his head popped out of the tractor’s trailer.

Meanwhile, Mosatakima died when the motorcycle — Na 3 Pa 554 — he was travelling met with an accident at Sarlahi Camp. He died while undergoing treatment at the Shree Ram Hospital, according to police.

Similarly, 5-year-old Kajal Shah died when she fell off the buffalo. Police said the incident occurred when a buffalo attacked her.

KATHMANDU: Commercialization of private schools would be ended and the quality of community schools will be enhanced, Spokesperson of Nepal Communist Party, Narayankaji Shrestha has claimed. He was of the opinion that it will eventually contribute to prosperity.

Spokesperson Shrestha reminded that his party had not struggled for status quo. Establishment of communist government should be linked to socialism oriented education, he argued.

He however said without ensuring positive change and quality in the education, prosperity was impossible.

BHADRAPUR: Two people were injured by lightning in Jhapa district on Tuesday.

District Police Office, Jhapa informed the injured are Phulmaya Bardewa,47, and Krishna Bardewa, 42, of Arjundhara Municipality-11.

They were hit by the thunderbolt while they were sitting at their houses. The injured are undergoing treatment at Manmohan Hospital Birtamode.

KATHMANDU: A corruption case has been filed at Special Court against Raj Narayan Pathak, then commissioner at the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA).

CIAA Spokesperson Pradip Kumar Koirala said the case was filed against Pathak for abusing his authority by taking bribe of Rs 7.8 million on the settlement of dispute relating to an engineering college.

KATHMANDU: The parliamentary Delegated Legislation and Government Assurance Committee has decided to pass the report of Government Assurance Sub-Committee with revision.

A meeting of the Committee, under the National Assembly, held today decided to call the concerned ministers and bodies concerned to acquire information about the work progress regarding the issues included in the policy and program brought by the government in the current fiscal year.

Likewise, the meeting also discussed achieving a double-digit economic growth, among others issues.

KATHMANDU: Police resorted to baton charge on demonstrators at Singha Durbar southern gate as they tried to cross the restricted zone at the main administrative headquarters.

A group of irate engineers had reached there to picket Ministry for Urban Development. Some six protestors sustained injuries in police action. Agitators have condemned the police action in a ‘peaceful demonstration’.

Engineers deployed for the post-earthquake reconstruction have gathered in Kathmandu since more than a week after the government decided to cut their incentives.

Engineer Bidhya Baral demanded the government provide health and accident insurances to engineers deployed in the post-earthquake reconstruction. Agitating engineers have warned a stern action against the government if it fails to roll back the decision to cut incentives.

KATHMANDU: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has fanned out five modern broomers to clean Kathmandu roads from Tuesday. The broomers were imported from Italy. KMC has finalized five routes for the broomers in a bid to get the city free from dust. Broomers were purchased at Rs 21.7 million each.

Here’s the route

Route 1: Beginning Teku to Kalanki and then to Soalteemode-Teku-Tripureshwor-Sundhara-New Road-Mahangkaal-Jamal-Lazimpat-Shital Niwas-Teaching Hospital-Naryan Gopal Chowk. Likewise, Jamal-Ghantaghar to Sahidgate.

Route 2: Teku-Tripureshwor-Thapathali-Maitigahr-Babarmahal-Baneshwor-Tinkune to Tribhuvan International Airport. Then to Koteshwor-Pepsicola-Koteshwor-New Baneshwor-Maitighar-Thapathali-Tripureshwor-Kalimati and ending in Balkhu.

Route 3:  Teku-Tripureshwor-Bhotahity-Sigha Durbar to Putalisadak. Then to Kamaladi-Jaya Nepal Hall-Durbarmarg-Narayanhiti-Lazimpat, PM’s residence ending at Maharajgun. While returning, the broomer will ply on Shitwal Niwas-Pani Pokhari-Lainchour-Sorkhakhutte-Balaju-Link road-Naradevi and stop at Teku road.

Route 4: Putalisadak from Teku and then to Kamal Pokhari- Gyaneshwor-Maitidevi-Old Baneshwor-Sinamagal-Airport-Gaushala-Chabahil to Hyatt Hotel. Then to Chabahil-Gaushala-Old Baneshwor-Maitidevi-Putalisadak-Singha Durbar to Teku.

Route 5 : Tripureshwor starting from Teku then to New Road Gate-Basantapur-Indrachowk-New Road-Mahankal-Jamal-Kesharmahal and to Durbarmarg among other places.

NUWAKOT: Police have arrested 37-year-old Hari Bahadur Tamang on the charge of raping a partially visually-impaired girl of Ambote of Kispang Rural Municipality.

Acting on a complaint lodged at the police station, police arrested Tamang on Monday, said DSP Bhim Lal Bhattarai of District Police Office, Nuwakot.

Tamang raped the girl on Sunday, according to the complaint. Police said they are investigating the case after filing a rape charge against him.

DAMAULI:  Tanahun police has arrested three cadres of  Nepal Communist Party led by Netra Bikram Chand  alias ‘Biplav’.