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Police on Wednesday arrested nine Indian nationals for illegally operating pharmacies in Dodhara Chadani of Kanchanpur. The arrestees have been identified as Sanjaya Bishwas, Kartik Sardar, Rabi Biswhas, Niwas Gaain, Niranjan Adhikari and Bhupendra Puri of Uddhamsingh Town and Rajesh Bishwas, Santosh Sarkar and Sudhanshu Haldar of Pilibhit, India Inspector Bharat Raj Giri said that nine Indian nationals, who had been illegally operating pharmacies in Dodhara Chadani Municipality, were arrested yesterday. "We have arrested nine Indian nationals with drugs', " he said, adding, 'We will investigate the case and forward it to the Department of Health for action'.  

Measles has spread in 16 districts across the country, infecting over 1,300 people, according to a report published by the Family Welfare Division under the Department of Health Services. The virus has affected districts including Morang, Sunsari, Dhanusha, Mahottari, Sarlahi, Chitwan, Kathmandu, Kapilvastu, Arghakhanchi, Dang, Banke, Bardiya, Surkhet, Kailali, Kanchanpur and Bajura. Kailali, Sunsari and Mahottari have been most affected by the disease, said the Division director Dr Bibek Kumar Lal. One person has died from the disease in Nepalgunj in Banke district, according to the report. Dhangadhi Sub Metropolitan City, Gauriganga Municipality and Godavari Municipality in Kailali, Barju Municipality in Sunsari and Gaushala Municipality-2 and 5 in Mahottari have been hit hard by the virus. Vaccination campaign against the disease in the affected local levels has taken place, he said. The disease that was detected in Gokarneshwor in Kathmandu on June 7 has been contained, according to the Division. So far, 215,054 people between the age of six months and 15 years from the affected districts have been vaccinated, it has been said. The Child Health and Immunization Section launched the vaccination campaign against measles and rubella in Sunsari, Morang, Mahottari, Bardiya, Dang, Surkhet, Kailali, Kanchanpur and Bajura from June 8. The Ministry of Health and Population has asked people to get vaccinated against the diseases.

Police have made public a group of people arrested for their alleged involvement in illegal betting and cryptocurrency trading in Nepal. The Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office in Minbhawan arrested five persons involved in trading millions of rupees by illegal online betting. SSP Manoj Kumar KC said that Dinesh Khadka, one of the arrestees, was found to have traded more that Rs 640 million through 1XBET. Anita Dhital, Dipesh Shrestha, Dinesh Chand and Ashish Lamichhane are also found trading millions of rupees, KC said. He said that they have also recovered Rs 1.5 million from Lamichhane’s possession. Police said that they are looking into the case.

An incident has come to light that an Armed Police Force (APF) inspector brutally beat up on-duty constables deployed at the Mechinagar border point in Jhapa. A team of three persons including Inspector Navaprabhat Rai in civvies beat up five constables in uniforms with bamboo sticks. Senior Constable Pasang Tamang, Constables Ganesh Bahadur Tamang, Ram Bahadur Karki, Assistant Constables Shanta Bahadur Rai and Umesh Rajbansi deployed at the Armed Police Force Border Out in Nakulbanda were beaten up black and blue by the team of Inspector Rai. Tamang and Rajbansi sustained injuries on their back while Karki and Rai on their right hands. The injured are undergoing treatment at the Ambda Mechi Hospital in Dhulabari. Tension ran high in Nakalbanda area of Mechinagar Municipality-5 for around five hours on Tuesday night after Inspector Rai, Constables Ram Sundar Tamang and Jeevan Bastola in plain clothes beat on-duty constables black and blue. Following the incident, enraged locals staged a demonstration demanding stringent action against all the three persons including Inspector Rai. It has been learnt that the locals also vandalized a vehicle (BAB 3246). After the situation turned ugly, a team of Armed Police Force led by SP Dev Raj Aryal immediately reached the incident site. In addition to that, around 100 Armed Police Force personnel were deployed to take the situation under control. Meanwhile, a probe committee has been formed to investigate the incident.