Kathmandu, March 7

Four persons, who were on the Interpol Red Notice, were arrested in foreign countries and brought back home for trial or implementation of court verdict over a period of three months.

Nepal Police brought home Lodu Dime, 40, of Bouddha, Kathmandu, home from India on Monday. National Central Bureau, Interpol Nepal’s office, had requested Interpol General Secretariat to publish a Red Notice for his arrest and deportation to Nepal.

On 25, 2013, Patan Appellate Court had overturned the decision of District Forest Office, Nuwakot, to give Dime a clean chit and sentenced him to 5 years in jail along with a fine of Rs 100,000 after being convicted of smuggling body parts of tigers.

Dime was found possessing 7 sacks of tiger parts from Kakani of Nuwakot on January 12, 2013. The Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police said he was handed over to DFO, Nuwakot to proceed with the implementation of the court verdict.

On March 4, an alleged serial killer was nabbed in Qatar and brought home for trial. Mohammad Husen Sakil, 42, from Rokulia-7 of Saptari had been absconding and was wanted for 7 cases of murder. District Police Office, Saptari, had filed multiple murder charges against him at the district court through government attorney, demanding life imprisonment along with confiscation of property for him.

Based on information that he had fled to Qatar under the guise of a migrant worker to evade justice, a red notice was issued by Interpol General Secretariat on June 22, 2015 for his arrest at the request of Nepal Police.

On February 9, Mukhiya Gurung of Kathmandu was arrested in India and brought to Nepal. Kathmandu District Court had awarded Mukhiya life imprisonment on December 16, 2007 for his involvement in the murder of Subarna Gurung, 19,  in Thamel-based Julie Studio 54 Disco on November 3, 2001.

A red corner notice was issued by Interpol General Secretariat on November 28, 2017 for his arrest. Mukhiya was held by Interpol India from Jaipur International Airport on December 8, 2017 while he was preparing to board a plane bound for Malaysia via Bangkok.

Similarly, Nepal Police brought home Tul Bahadur Sinjali, a suspect involved in the murder of CPN-UML-aligned Youth Federation Nepal’s Rupandehi president Durga Tiwari, from Qatar on January 3. Tiwari was murdered on December 19, 2016. Officials said Sinjali of Rupandehi had brought a pistol from India and gave it to a shooter to gun down Tiwari as told by Manoj Pun, the alleged mastermind of the crime, who was recently killed in police action.

Police have yet to arrest as many as 14 persons, who are featured on Interpol’s Red Notice. Of the Nepalis on the red notice, five face murder charge, four foreign employment fraud, two banking offences, one abduction and extortion, and one rape. They include Rudra Acharya, 33, of Ratnanagar Municipality-8, Chitwan, for his involvement in kidnapping Krishna Prasad Adhikari of Phujel-7 Gorkha, said police officials.