Biratnagar, October 30
Police have fired eight rounds in Ratuwamai, Morang, to bring a drug trafficker under control.
Two people were injured by the police fire near the Nepal-India border. Three people have been arrested with a pistol and about half a kilogram of brown sugar.
According to DSP Makendra Kumar Mishra, spokesperson and information officer of Morang Police, the two injured are 22-year-old Deepak Kumar Bosak of Kushaha in Araria, India, and 40-year-old Puran Bosak of Kutumganj. Both are being treated at Koshi Hospital in Biratnagar.
Also arrested along with them is 35-year-old Pramod Thakur of Chunimari, Ratuwamai Municipality-1, Morang.
A police team from the Narcotics Control Bureau had been deployed on a tip-off about drug trafficking. At around 9:30 pm, the police tried to stop three people riding two motorcycles at Shanishchare in Ratuwamai Municipality-6. One had an Indian number plate BR 37 V 3926, and the other had no visible number. When the three fled, the police opened fire with eight rounds.
The bullets hit the two Indian nationals below the knee. DSP Mishra said the police fired five rounds from a Chinese pistol and three from a Breda pistol, eight in total.
According to the police, a homemade pistol and one round of ammunition were recovered from those arrested. DSP Mishra said about 500 grams of brown heroin and a motorcycle were also seized.
The police said the group had been involved in drug trafficking for a long time. DSP Mishra added that the incident is under further investigation.
