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
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.
