NCP candidate arrested with suspicious object in Parsa

Police in Parsa have arrested four individuals, including a candidate for the House of Representatives from Constituency No. 2, Manoj Kumar Chaudhary, after recovering a suspicious object from their vehicle.

A joint inspection team from the Nepal Police and the Armed Police Force Nepal intercepted a vehicle (registration number Ba 10 Cha 1250) traveling from Harpur toward Badnihar in Parsa on Tuesday. During the search, authorities discovered a suspicious item inside a tin box wrapped in yellow tape and hidden in the trunk of the car. Police said an investigation is underway.

Parsa Police Chief Sudip Raj Pathak confirmed that all four individuals arrested in connection with the suspicious object are being questioned. Those detained include 46-year-old candidate Chaudhary; Sahab Alam Ansari of Prasauni Rural Municipality–4 in Bara; Suraj Karki of Dhanushadham Municipality–4 in Dhanusha; and Satyanarayan Tharu of Parsagadhi Municipality–3 in Parsa.

The NCP leader Nagendra Chaudhary has refuted claims of Manoj possessing a bomb.

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In a separate operation based on special intelligence, a joint election-focused security team apprehended three individuals from Inarwa in Birgunj Metropolitan City–16. Police recovered nine homemade socket bombs, a pig’s head, and 10 metres of electrical wire from their possession. Further investigation is ongoing.

Hari Bahadur Basnet, DSP and Information Officer of Parsa district police, said the detainees are being investigated on charges related to explosives offenses, crimes against public order, and election-related offenses.

Birgunj has recently been seen as a flashpoint of rising Hindu-Muslim tensions amid the heightened security concerns ahead of elections.

With inputs from RSS