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Six persons died when a jeep met with an accident in Bajhang on Wednesday. Four among the deceased has been identified as Samjhana Khadka (12), Roshan Khadka (15), Prachanda Khadka (11) and Basanti Dhami (28) of Masta Khetkot. The jeep (Su Pa Pra 001-001 Cha 117) was heading towards Khetkot of Masta Rural Municipality-2 from Chainpur when the incident occurred. Police said that they are looking into the case.  

A group of robbers opened fire at the head of the Sagun Savings and Loan Co-operative Limited of Milanchowk in Bagmati Municipality-1, Sarlahi. Sajan Karki (30) of Jutpani, Lalbandi Municipality-2 was injured in the firing. The looters fired four rounds of bullets while Karki was working at the office. The robbers, who came in a group of three, entered the office and threatened Karki to give them money, but Karki retaliated. The group of robbers opened fire soon after Karki started retaliating against them. Police said that Karki sustained bullet injuries on various parts of his body. Following the incident, the trio fled the scene by riding on a motorbike bearing an Indian registration number plate. Karki has been taken to Kathmandu after primary treatment in Hariban. The robbers decamped with an empty bag of Karki. The District Police Office, Sarlahi said that they are searching for the persons involved in the incident.

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) arrested two engineers with bribe money on Wednesday. The suspects have been identified as Nawaraj Satyal of Ramechhap and Bakhat Bahadur Thapa. The anti-corruption watchdog spokesperson Shyam Prasad Bhandari said that the duo were nabbed with cheques of Rs 1.6 million and Rs 1.2 million taken from service seekers.

The Armed Police Force seized a huge quantity of illegally brought sugar in Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta West) on Wednesday. A joint team deployed from APF Nepal Harpur BOP and Maheshpur Customs Office confiscated 420 quintals of sugar from Ramgram Municipality and Pratappur Rural Municipality area in the district. The sugar worth nine million rupees was smuggled from India evading tax. The team impounded a truck (Lu 1 Kha 9871) with 420 sacks of sugar from Ramgram Municipality-5 and another truck (Na 6 Kha 2197) with 21,000 kg of sugar from Pratappur Rural Municipality-2, said Chief of APF Nepal No 26 Battalion, Belashpur, Rup Kumar Chhetri. He added that the two vehicles used to smuggle the sugar have been send to Maheshpur Customs Office for necessary action.