Kathmandu, October 29
Police in Kathmandu say they have arrested three persons including the ‘chief shooter’ of the murder of construction entrepreneur Sharad Kumar Gauchan in the capital on October 9 last year.
Amar Bahadur Rana, Lopsang Lama and Roshan Budhathoki were held from Sikkim of India recently, according to sources at Metropolitan Crime Division. Rana is said to be the chief shooter.
Earlier, police had arrested Shyam Gombe among other suspects and he was also said to be the chief shooter.
Likewise, Lama was also involved in the murder of youth leader Durga Tiwari in Rupandehi in 2016. Budhathoki was a planner of Gauchan murder, police add.
Gauchan was murdered in Naya Baneshwor of Kathmandu on October 9 last year.
Responding to demands of the family and construction fraternity, the government has already decided to declare him a martyr.
