KATHMANDU, MARCH 18

Police have arrested a person in possession of an automatic weapon from the Supreme Court premises here today.

He is Deepak Khadka of Buddhashanti Rural Municipality-3, Jhapa district, said Superintendent of Police Nawaraj Adhikari, the spokesperson for the District Police Range Kathmandu.

'Police personnel on security duty at the Supreme Court took Khadka under control as he entered the court carrying the automatic weapon and handed him over to us.

Investigation is on in this connection,' Adhikari said.