Those arrested are 22-year-old Rohit Kushwaha of Karaiya-8 of Bara, Kashi Prasad Timilsina of Haraiya-6 of the same district and Birbal Prasad Kushwaha of Pathariya of Rautahat district, according to Inspector Dambar Bahadur Chand of Area Police Office, Simara.
Police seized a pistol, a gun and six rounds of bullets from them. Rohit is a member of Unified CPN (Maoist) youth wing Young Communist League. Police seized a sophisticated US-made pistol and six rounds of bullets from him.
Such weapons are used only by Nepal Army in the country, said Chand. Dipak Kushwaha, an elder brother of Rohit, is with Maoist´s People´s Liberation Army (PLA). Rohit said Dipak is currently in Shaktikhor-based PLA cantonment.
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