Police Arrest Four of ‘Black Spider’ Group

Police Arrest Four of 'Black Spider' Group

THT Online

Kathmandu, April 5 Key persons of the so-called International Black Spider Group, who attacked entrepreneurs, businessmen and doctors in various places and threatened them to death, have been arrested. Those arrested are Bir Bahadur Khatri alias Aakash KC of Hatpate-5 of Sindhuli district, Kedar Shrestha of Kamalmai-10 of the same district, Ganesh Kumar Lama of Bengadawar-2 of Dhanusa district and Manoj Tamang of Ratnagar-3 of Chitwan district. At a press conference organised on Wednesday by the Metropolis Police Commissioner Office, Ranipokhari, Metropolis Police Commissioner Dipak Singh Thangden said the four were arrested from the New Bus Park by a special team of the Police Head Office, Department of Criminal Investigation and Metropolis Police Criminal Division. Police have seized a pistol, $500, IRs 5,230, a fake passport and hashish from them. The foursome attacked Dr Hemanga Dixit, Dr Birman Shamsher Rana and LP Sawa, said inspector at the department, Rajendraman Shrestha. The foursome also sought ransom from businessmen and entrepreneurs, Shrestha said. FOUR FOUND DEAD IN CITY KATHMANDU: Four persons were found dead in Kathmandu on Wednesday, police said. The body of a six-year-old, Bhawani Rai, of Udayapur, was found wrapped up in a sack on the ground floor of a house in Naxal. Police said they are investigating the case. Police also found the body of a 50-year-old man at Basundhara on Wednesday. The man has not been identified yet. A 17-year-old, Radhika Shrestha, a resident of Indrayani, was also found hanging from the ladder in her room, police said, adding that a 30-year-old Udaya Singh Baral, cook in Para-Troopers Tranning School, Maharajgunj, was also found dead in his quarter. DOCTOR KIDNAPPED IN RAJBIRAJ RAJBIRAJ: An unidentified armed group kidnapped Dr Murali Prasad Singh of Rajbiraj municipality-9 on Tuesday evening, family sources said on Wednesday. Dr Singh was returning to his residence from his clinic at Rajbiraj-8 when he was kidnapped. He was on leave from the Narayani Sub Regional Hospital situated at Birgunj for the past few months. Dr Singh's wife Dina said she didn't have any information regarding the whereabouts of Dr Singh or why he was kidnapped. Singh's car (Ba 2 Cha 9316) was found deserted near Khado River at Biraul of Saptari, the family sources said. A joint police team from Hanumannagar Kanchanpur Area Police Office and Bhardaha police post arrested two activists of the Jay Krishna Goit-led Janatantrik Tarai Mukti Morcha (JTMM) after conducting a search in the area, DSP of Saptari Yamuna Rajak said. The police have suspected JTMM activists' hand in the kidnapping. However, JTMM's Saptari district deputy commander Bikash denied the allegation. The JTMM activists -Binod Yadav and Umesh Chaudhari- were arrested along with a motorcycle (Ba 1 Pa 240), one homemade pistol and some bullets, DSP Rajak said.