Kathmandu: Nepal Police has arrested four persons along with jewelries and precious stones and made them public on Wednesday. The valuables are worth over Rs 20 million.
According to National News Agency Nepal, those arrested are Haribor Sheikh, 43; Surojeet Das, 39; Tamol Sadra, 40, and Samuhim Sheikh, 16. All of them are Indian nationals, as stated by Apil Raj Bohara, Superintendent of Police and Spokesperson at Kathmandu District Range.
Habibor Sheikh from Calcutta, India, was running Munna Gems and Jewelers at Pyukha Krishna Chowk of Kathmandu Metropolitan City-22 and selling the jewelries and precious stones without making invoices. They were held on a tipoff, leading to the arrest.
The police officers were mobilized from multiple posts across the Kathmandu Valley. The jewelries were uncovered while searching the outlet.
The arrested individuals have been handed over to the Inland Revenue Department for further investigation and possible action, Bohara added.