Kathmandu, February 21
Police say notorious gangster Manoj Pun has been killed in an encounter with security personnel in Devdaha of Rupandehi district in the wee hours of Wednesday.
His aide, Som Aale is also dead in the action.
SSP Deepak Thapa says a police team, including personnel from the Central Investigation Bureau, was on a search mission when it encountered the duo in Bhawanipur, Devdaha-4, at around 3:30 am today. Police, then, tried to arrest Pun and Aale, but they attempted an escape attacking police. Therefore, police were forced to open fire in retaliation, according to Thapa.
They were rushed to the Lumbini Zonal Hospital, where they breathed last during treatment after few hours.
Pun was accused of killing construction entrepreneur Sharad Kumar Gauchan in Kathmandu in October last year. Police say he masterminded the murder of CPN-UML’s district leader Durga Tiwari in Rupandehi in December 2016.
Likewise, he had claimed the responsibility of killing entrepreneur Basanta Paudel ‘Balu’ in Rupandehi in the first week of January this year.
