Robberies in Baneshwor

Kathmandu:

Five armed persons looted s 2.56 lakh and 8 tola of gold jewellery from the house of Ram Prasad Poudel at Baneshwor yesterday. The group overpowered the family members and looted the valuables, police said. According to the police, the five persons also looted Rs 1,000, two tola of gold and a cellphone set from the apartment of a tenant, Dharmaraj Pandey. Rs 1.1 lakh, 7 tola of gold jewellery and 150 tola of silver jewellery were stolen from the rented room of Uttam Bhadra Khanal at mid-Baneshwor yesterday said.