Lekhnath Yadav,28, a resident of Itari Parsahi VDC-4 was arrested with illegal weapons from Madre border area on Wednesday night.SP Mahesh Shrestha, chief of the Armed Police Force (APF) Office, Siraha informed that checking at the border areas has been intensified to curb such activities.
"Yadav was caught with a pistol wrapped around his back while riding on his pulsar bike," said the superintendent of police.
According to SP Shrestha, the pistol was an Italian-made automatic 9mm firearm, as per the details inscribed on it, and had seven rounds of bullets at the time of recovery.
Yadav has been kept at the District Police Office (DPO), Siraha along with his bike for further investigation.
Meanwhile, SP Ram Kripal Shah of the DPO said, "Yadav is an alleged criminal who had been charged earlier with acquisition of weapon in Mirchaiya municipality on June 11, 2013 too."
Similarly, Damodar Paswan from Gouripravaha, Dhanusha and Nur Muhammad Ansari, 50, from Dhalkewar were detained on charges of possession of illegal weapons. A pistol with four rounds of bullets along with 500 grams of explosives were recovered from the duo on Tuesday morning.
Both of them have been kept at the Area Police Office in Lahan for further investigation.
"To avoid any such cases in future, we are checking each person's body properly. We will increase our vigilance," added SP Shah.
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