DHANGADHI: Bishnu Kunwar, a trader of Malakheti-7, suspected of being kidnapped from Attariya Bazar on Saturday night, was held by an APF team from Baidyanath Battalion.

“Kunwar was not abducted but detained by us,” APF confirmed. Battalion Commander Jit Bahadur Malla said a team led by Inspector Sagar Malla had detained him on the charges of looting a bus along the Attaria-Dadeldhura section of Bhimdatta highway.