Key Takeaways:

• Police seized a loaded homemade firearm during the arrest
• Around 80 grams of suspected gunpowder was recovered
• Additional materials used for making gunpowder were also seized
• Court granted five-day remand for further investigation

KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 7 Police have arrested a 39-year-old man with a loaded homemade firearm, suspected gunpowder and related materials in Nijgadh Municipality-11 of Bara district. According to the District Police Office, Bara, a team from the Area Police Office, Nijgadh, arrested Shamsher Rumba at around 10:45 am on Tuesday near a football ground in the western section of Ratanpur. Police said they recovered one loaded homemade firearm from Rumba during the operation. Officers also seized around 80 grams of a substance suspected to be gunpowder stored in a white plastic container, along with firecracker material allegedly used in making gunpowder. In addition, police recovered a trap made from bamboo, plastic rope and a rubber tube, according to the district police office. A case has been filed against Rumba under the Arms and Ammunition Act. Police Inspector Bimal Khatiwada of the District Police Office, Bara, said the Bara District Court has granted a five-day remand to allow further investigation into the case. Police said the investigation is continuing.