December 22, 2001
KATHMANDU: A police patrol overnight recovered 11 guns, explosives and bombs hidden in a bamboo grove near a village in Jhapa, the district administration said Saturday. Army arrested 24 suspects persons nation-wide Friday, including four from the capital, who are being questioned, the Defence Ministry said Saturday.
No firing incidents were reported Saturday. Three women militia were among five killed in Gorkha Thursday in two encounters, the Defence Ministry said. Communist leader Bhakta Bahadur Shrestha was released after arrest a fortnight ago in the capital, party sources said.
Shrestha had been hospitalized for treatment after detention.