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Kathmandu Friday June 22, 2001 Ashadh 08, 2058.
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Robbery cases on the
rise in Bhairahawa
Post Report
BHAIRAHAWA, Rupandehi, June 21 - People
from the rural areas of this Terai district have been terrified due to the growing
incidents of robbery over the last couple of days, according to a report received here.
Police said that organised gangs of bandits have so far robbed more than a dozen houses in
seven VDCs.
The incidents of robbery have taken place
especially in the VDCs like Chiliya, Hati Bangai, Parroha, Tikuligadh, Anandaban and
Karahiya.
All these VDCs are located at about the
distance of half an hour's drive from here, the district headquarters, and Butwal, another
industrial city of the district.
Locals accused police administration of
being failure to nab and bring them to book for robbery.
Police said bandits have robbed property
worth millions of rupees from dozens of houses in these VDCs and three people sustained
serious injuries in clashes with the armed bandits in Anadaban and Karahiya VDCs. The
injured persons are undergoing treatment at Butwal Zonal Hospital.
Deputy Superintendent of Police at the
District Police Office, Puskal Regmi, however, said that additional police patrol had been
escalated in the areas to control the further incidents of robbery.
According to Butwal based areas police
station, an organised gang of 25 bandits looted Pitambar Gyawali’s and Shobhakhar
Acharya’s houses at Karahiya VDC-3 on Wednesday midnight. The bandits robbed property
worth Rs 40,000 from both houses, police said.
In another incident of robbery, another
gang of bandits looted 11 tolas of gold and Rs 33,000 in cash from Bhakta Prasad
Gautam’s house at Anadaban VDC-6, a neighbouring VDC of the Karahiya VDC.
But nobody has so far been arrested in connection with
these incidents.
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