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Two more persons have been arrested in connection with the Lalita Niwas land grab case. A team of Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) apprehended Ramesh Kumar Pokharel and Dev Narayan Maharjan today. The CIB had detained three persons on Sunday. Baburaja Maharjan, Ghaman Kumar Karki and Shivaji Bhattarai were nabbed for their alleged involvement in the case. Earlier on June 27, a team of CIB had arrested seven persons including former election commissioner Sudhir Sah, Bhatbhateni Supermarket Chairman Min Bahadur Gurung, former employees of Land Revenue Office Dharma Prasad Gautam, Gopal Karki, Kaladhar Deuja, Surendra Man Kapali and Hupendr Mani KC in connection with the Lalita Niwas land grab case. Among the arrestees, Deuja, Kapali and KC were released on the same day as they obtained a stay order from the court. They are accused of forging government documents with the intent of transferring the 143 ropani land of Lalita Niwas to private ownership.        

Two-way traffic along the Narayangarh-Muglin road section has resumed. According to the Area Police Office, Muglin, two-way traffic was disrupted this morning after a landslide occurred at Ichhakamana-5, bridge number three. The traffic movement has resumed after landslide debris were removed from the road, Chief of Area Police Office, Muglin Police Inspector Bishal Tamang said. The driver of a truck (Na 6 Kha 710) was also injured in a landslide this morning. Injured driver is undergoing treatment at Muglin Highway Hospital, police said. Earlier, the road that was closed since Saturday night had resumed on Sunday evening after 18 hours.  

An elderly woman died after being attacked by a wild elephant at Mechinagar Municipality-10 in Jhapa on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Panna Devi Saha (80), Mechinagar ward 10 Chairperson Narayan Khanal said. He said the elephant attacked her on the road while she was on her way to pick flowers to offer worship. A permanent resident of Silgudhi, she has been living in her daughter's house for the past one year. Only six days ago too, a wild tusker had killed Giren Karmakar (53) of Halidibari Rural Municipality-2 while he was collecting mushrooms. Chief of Division Forest Office, Jhapa Meghraj Rai said that at least eight people have lost their lives in tusker attacks in Jhapa in the current fiscal year.

The Narayangarh-Muglin road has been obstructed yet again. Two-way traffic has been disrupted following a landslide at Ichhakamana Rural Municipality-5 in Chitwan on Monday. A driver sustained minor injuries when a landslide hit a truck (Na 6 Kha 710) this morning, police said. Efforts are underway to remove landslide debris. Police Inspector at the Area Police Office, Muglin, Bishal Tamang said that the two-way traffic along the Narayangarh-Muglin road has been disrupted following a mudslide triggered by torrential rainfall. The road section that saw disruption for around 18 hours on Sunday came into reoperation since last evening. Immediately after resumption, the landslide occurred and disrupted the road. It was quickly cleared off to bring the traffic into operation. Daily thousands of vehicles pass through the road. The passengers moving to and from different parts of the country have been hit hard due to frequent disruption of the road. The District Administration Office Chitwan has urged the people to not use the road section until and unless there is an emergency.