Dhankuta, November 8
Fifteen people have been arrested in Dhankuta on charges of playing kauda, a cowrie-shell gambling game.
According to police, they were taken into custody while gambling at a house in Pakhribas Municipality-4. A police team was dispatched to the house of Ganesh Gurung in the municipality after receiving information that gambling was underway there.
Police said they recovered 16 cowrie shells and Rs 16,500 in cash from the spot. Another Rs 296,800 was found on the 15 people arrested.
In total, police seized Rs 313,300 in cash from them, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Hemanta Bhandari Chhetri, information officer at the District Police Office.
All those arrested have been brought to the District Police Office, Dhankuta, where further investigation is under way, police said.
