Two held with 1kg gold from TIA
Police on Monday arrested two foreign nationals with around one kg gold from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).
The detainees have been identified as Parasnath Shah from India and Mohammad Ullah from Bangladesh.
According to TIA Security Office Chief Senior Superintendent of Police Bhim Prasad Dhakal, the duo were arrested with around one kg gold.
They landed at TIA from Dubai on the Himalayan Airlines flight H9566.
The market value of the confiscated gold is around Rs 7.7 million.
They have been handed over to the TIA Customs Office, Gauchar for further investigation. RSS
Chinese national among 37 arrested from Old Baneshwor
Police on Monday apprehended 37 persons including a Chinese national from Old Baneshwor of Kathmandu.
A team deployed from the Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu arrested them for allegedly operating illegal call bypass centres last night.
They have been kept at the Metropolitan Police Circle, New Baneshwor for investigation.
3 killed, 6 injured in Baitadi tipper accident
Three persons died on the spot and six others sustained injuries in a tipper accident at Hirapur in Patan Municipality-3 in Baitaidi on Monday.
Inspector Rajesh Shahi, incharge of the Area Police Office, Patan said that the deceased have been identified as Janakraj Panta (45), Gyani Bista (12) and Lalita Awasti (17) of Patan Municipality.
He said that six persons were injured in the incident. They have been sent to the Dadeldhura Hospital for treatment.
The District Police Office, Baitadi said that a team from the Area Police Office, Patan has been sent to the incident site.
Nepal records 388 new Covid-19 cases, 4 deaths on Monday
Nepal logged 388 new Covid-19 cases and four deaths on Monday.
With this, the country's active caseload mounted to 1,114,544. Similarly, the death toll has climbed to 11, 125.
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 5,225 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 347 returned positive. Likewise, 2, 915 people underwent antigen tests, of which 141 tested positive.
The Ministry said that 1,205 infected people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.
As of today, there are 11, 282 active cases in the country.
The Ministry said that 952,599 infected people have recovered from the disease so far.
The Ministry said that 10, 819 people are staying in home isolation while 463 are in institutionalized isolation.
Meanwhile, the Kathmandu Valley reported 96 new cases today.
According to the Ministry, 77 cases are reported in Kathmandu, 11 in Lalitpur and 8 in Bhaktapur.
