The Young Communist League (YCL) handed over five members of a criminal gang, including two women, to the police in Kathmandu on Saturday.
Before handing them over to the police, YCL leaders organised a press conference and presented the gang members before the media. The five persons are: Bharat Rai, Sabin Rai and Pratima Karki of Khotang, Dinesh Kharel of Kavre and Shikha Devota of Gorkha district.
Bharat Rai, leader of the racket, admitted that his gang had killed contractor Deepak Bhandari in Kathmandu few months earlier.
The YCL had apprehended them from different places in Kathmandu over the past four days.
YCL leaders said they gang was involved in murder, armed robbery and extortion. They claimed that this gang was also involved the serial bomb blasts in the capital on September 2. However, the gang members said they were not connected with the bombings that had killed three persons and injured over dozen two dozen others. nepalnews.com mk Nov 17 07
