Kathmandu, July 27
The Metropolitan Police Range in Kathmandu has launched a bicycle patrol project in a bid to control and combat criminal activities that are likely to occur in inner city areas.
In the first phase of the project, 16 police personnel have been mobilised on bicycles in nooks and crannies, according to Range’s chief, SSP Bishwa Raj Pokharel.
They will visit different places of the city from 9:30 am to 11 am and 2:30 pm and 6:00 pm everyday, according to him. They will be equipped with arms and ammunition.
Pokharel says the teams are assigned to keep local hooligans and gangsters under surveillance, intervene in spats and fights and settle them. They are also authorised to make arrests and hand over the suspects to local police units.
“The bicycle patrol teams arrested 20 persons in past one weeks,” he informs.
