Kathmandu:Police have apprehended 98 individuals in the Kathmandu Valley as part of a ‘sweep operation’ aimed at preventing and controlling crime.
According to National News Agency Nepal, the operation was conducted by the District Police Range Kathmandu from October 12 until 6 am on October 13. Among those detained, 76 are men and 11 are women.
Superintendent of Police Dan Bahadur Thapa, the spokesperson for the Kathmandu District Police Range, stated that the operations were carried out in various parts of Kathmandu to ensure peace, security, and social order. The targeted individuals were allegedly involved in criminal activities, including assaulting service users and the public in offices providing public services, public places, and transportation vehicles. Additional charges include causing commotion and riots, misbehavior, theft, looting, brokerage activities, and hooliganism.
The District Police Range also reported that among those arrested were nine convicts sentenced by the court in various cases and seven defendants who were absconding in ongoing cases. Further investigations are being conducted on the arrested individuals.