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Supreme Court orders gangster Deepak Manange released

Kathmandu, December 21

The Supreme Court has ordered the release of gangster Rajiv Gurung (aka Deepak Manange) who was serving a prison sentence for an attempt to murder case.

According to a police source, Gurung, who is also a member of the Gandaki Province Assembly, Gurung was released on Friday upon orders from the apex court.  Gurung was arrested in Kathmandu on April 20 after the then Appellate Court sentenced him to five years in prison.

The source said that Gurung filed an appeal against the order and posted bail to get out of jail. The gangster was apprehended after he assaulted another gangster Milan Chakre (Milan Gurun) with a sword in 2005. The then Kathmandu District court watered down the case against him and instead found him guilty of assault. The district court sentenced him to two years in prison.

But the district attorney’s office filed an appeal against the decision at the appellate court. Eight years after the incident, the appellate court sentenced him to five years in prison finding him guilty of attempt to murder charge.

 

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