CHITWAN: Police have arrested two Indian nationals in Chitwan for possessing a large quantity of illegal firecrackers. The arrests were made by a team deployed from the District Police Office, Chitwan, following separate searches.
Sanjay Shah Teli, 41, a resident of Laxmipur Laukhan-16, India, currently living in Kalika Municipality-6, was arrested on Sunday afternoon. Police recovered firecrackers worth approximately Rs 200,000 during a search of his rented room.
In a separate operation on Sunday evening, police arrested 29-year-old Raj Jaiswal, a resident of Patjilwa-8, India, who was living in a rented room in Bharatpur Metropolitan City-3. Authorities seized firecrackers valued at approximately Rs 86,000, along with 15,000 Indian rupees and 148,300 Nepali rupees from his residence.
Police stated that further investigations into both cases are currently underway.
