Seven Indians Arrested After Shootout in Nepal

They were arrested as they gathered near the Bihar Kunda temple of Janakpur for committing loot, they said.

Shirish B Pradhan
India
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Seven Indians have been arrested in Nepal following a shootout with the police near a temple on Thursday, 23 May.

The accused, who hail from Bihar's Samastipur district, include one Ravi Mallik who has sustained a bullet injury in the ensuing gunbattle, the police said in a statement.

They were arrested as they gathered near the Bihar Kunda temple of Janakpur for committing loot, they said.

The police have also seized two pistols, two rounds of bullet, a magazine, one knife and two motorcycles.

(Published in an arrangement with PTI)

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