News from the Capital

Police open fire in the air in Gothatar

KATHMANDU: Tension ran high in Gothatar today after an 11-year-old boy drowned in a pool of water on the banks of the Manahara River.
The deceased has been identified as Rojin Shahi of Gothatar.
A disaster management team of Nepal Police had rescued the boy at around 1pm and taken him to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital.
But he died during the course of treatment, said police.
According to Metropolitan Police Sector, Kandaghari, police had to open fire in the air and resort to lathicharge to bring the situation under control as locals vandalised a contractor’s office and set it on fire.
The body had died after drowning in water collected in a ditch that was made by the contractor for extracting sand.
Hundreds of locals had gathered after the minor died.
Police personnel in large numbers were deployed to prevent any untoward incident.
It took around four hours for the law enforcement officials to bring the situation under control.
Locals claim that they had requested the administration and contractor several times to stop sand extraction in the middle of human settlement.

Couple injured in fire:

LALITPUR: Hari Thapa, 35, a police constable, and his wife Shova, 30, suffered burn injuries when a fire broke out in their rented room at Saatdobato, on Saturday. The incident occurred at around 1am. According to police, their rented room caught fire due to cooking gas leakage. The couple sustained injuries in course of fighting fire with hands. They are undergoing treatment at TU Teaching Hospital.

 

Man collapses to:

KATHMANDU: A private security guard at Balkhu Vegetable Market in Kuleshwor collapsed to death on Friday, police said. Krishna Bahadur Khadka, 54, of Jyamire, Sindhupalchowk, residing in Balkhu was found unconscious at around 7:50 pm and was rushed to TU Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj. “He died while undergoing treatment,” said police.