Indian crime on the rise in border districts

31st June: Haribhushan Kushwaha, the head of Ramraja Mohanvikram Shah Multipurpose Campus, was shot dead while returning from his house in Adarsh ​​Kotwal Municipality-2 Khajuria in Kalaiya.

November 13: 35-year-old Guddu alias Rupesh Sarraf, the director and headmaster of Bal Ekta English Boarding School, was shot dead in Kalaiya Sub-Metropolitan-6 Madrasa Toll.

These three incidents are enough to explain the security situation in Samavarti Madhesh. One after the other, the incidents of killing people in the same style and the incidents of illegal entry of armed men easily show that the security situation in Madhesh is not good.

There is also a similarity in these three events . That is, committing crimes in Nepal and taking shelter in India and coming from India and causing violence in Nepal. For example, in the case of the murder of teacher Rupesh Sarraf, the police arrested 22-year-old Radha Gupta of Kalaiya sub-metropolis-6 Madrasa toll, 23-year-old Chandan Kumar of Bharat Motihari East Champaran police station Ghodasahan village Jagarikoti and 23-year-old Abhinav Kumar Rajput of Bharat Motihari East Champaran police station Ghodasahan village Baharwakala-12. was . At this time, all of these have been sent to prison for preliminary investigation by court order . Inspector Jattashankar Yadav of Bara Police's case division said that some people from India are involved in this incident and they are being searched for.

According to District Police Office Rautahat, Jaiswal, who was arrested from Moulapur, is a person who was released from jail in the incident of attacking an Indian Border Security Force (SSB) jawan 3/4 months ago. On May 22, when Jaiswal's group was bringing Arbind Kumar Das of Boudhimai Municipality-8 of Rautahat on a motorcycle to deposit 1.7 lakh rupees of the cooperative in the National Commercial Bank Moulapur, they shot and escaped. Although the slave was injured by the bullet, the robbers were not able to rob. DSP Eliza Giri of Rautahat said, "This group seems to be trying to expand the network of crime in the border area." For example, 45-year-old Shivpujan Yadav of Pipra, Chaudadano, India, was shot dead near Mahagadhimai Municipality-2 Bhuthi Bridge on the road to Kalaiya Gadhimai in Bara on 8th December 2079. Yadav, who was leaving the hotel after having lunch, was shot at by two strangers on a motorcycle. The police investigation not only revealed the background of Yadav being involved in various criminal activities in India, it was also found that he was hiding in a relative's house in Nepal as he was on the wanted list of the Indian police.

DIG Dan Bahadur Karki, the spokesperson of the police headquarters, said that the cases of murder have started to increase again in the districts of Madhesh province. "First of all, the work of the District Police Chief Commander depends on doing the work. It also depends on whether he deals with crime or not," he said, "Nepal-India open border, activities of armed groups in the past, political activities may also have contributed to the murders."

The Bara police have arrested 7 people on the charge of involvement in the murder of Haribhushan Kushwaha, the head of the campus. On the second day of the incident, the police have already arrested Brahmadev Ram of Kalaiya sub-metropolitan city-10 Matiarwa, Motilal Chaudhary of Karaiyamai rural municipality Pipra, Awadhlal Prasad Kushwaha of Adarshkotwal-2 Khajuria, Chandsi Prasad Kushwaha, Shravan Kumar Sah, Radhesh Kumar Patel, Vinod Raut Kurmi. The police recovered a motorcycle, 6 rounds of bullets, a mobile phone, a laptop and SIM cards of both countries from them. The police have also made a preliminary estimate that the help of the members of the Indian criminal group may have been taken in this incident.

There is a long series of shooting incidents in Madhesh. A similar incident happened on 080 Chait 2, in Paroha Municipality-9 of Rautahat. Local 26-year-old Nitesh Sah was shot and injured by three Indians on a motorcycle. The police investigation revealed that a group of Munish Kumar Yadav, Rajan Kumar Paswan and Chandrabhan Singh from Bharat Motihari fired on Sah who was operating Shiv Money Transfer in Paroha Bazar. Sah, who was shot in the head and was taken to Birganj for treatment, was caught by the locals when he was about to escape on a motorcycle with Indian number. In this incident, the police recovered 1 pistol and bullets from the scene. Police investigations revealed that the three arrested persons were involved in robberies and murders before.

The trend of taking the help of Indian criminal gangs or planning crimes with the use of Indian motorcycles or Indian SIM cards is rampant in the border districts. This trend has made the investigation more complicated and it is becoming difficult to arrest the culprits .

On the night of the 9th of June, a team deployed from the Border Security Force of Rautahat in the Nepal-India border area arrested an Indian citizen with a pistol. SP Bikram Humagain, Chief of Armed Police Rautahat, said that 21-year-old Rahul Ram of Bairagania-3 Asogi, Sitamarhi District, Bihar, India was arrested and another person riding a motorcycle along with him fled towards India.

DIG Yajnavinod Pokhrel of Madhesh Province Police Office said that the disease of using Risibi by Indian criminals is present in Madhesh. He said, "It seems that Indian criminals are used with the understanding that they can hide across the border by killing them with the help of Indians." Motorcycles are usually used to make it easier to escape in such crimes. District Police Rautahat SP Dilip Ghimir said that gangs of cross-border criminal groups have entered Nepal and started robbing and killing banks and financial institutions in border areas. He said, "Arms trade in the border area has also become a security challenge." There are many people who carry small sharp weapons.'

The situation is no different from that of Madhesh province, Lumbini province too. There are 6 districts bordering India in Lumbini Province. In these districts, it seems that Indian shooters are being used in cases of murder. Such a trend is most prevalent in Kapilvastu .

Let's see the incident of August 10, 2079. Mayadevi-6 of Kapilvastu, 50-year-old Ghurhu of Madarahwa was shot at. Pasi was shot in the left side and died during treatment at the district hospital. Police investigation revealed that 35-year-old Lavkush Yadav of Panditpur police station in Siddharthnagar, India shot at him. According to the police, Ajay Yawad of Rajwapur, Kapilvastu district of India was also involved in this incident. Lumbini Province Police Spokesperson Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Madhav Shrestha said that both the accused involved in the firing are absconding. According to him, legal proceedings have been initiated against the accused Ramchandra Ahir, Manoj Kumar Yadav and Mukesh Kumar Yadav involved in the incident.

According to the police, in some cases, Nepalese land is also used to attack Indian citizens. An example of the same is the incident of firing in Mayadevi Rural Municipality-4, Chakarchauda of Kapilvastu on 15th November 2079. 27-year-old Irshad Ahmed from Siddharthnagar district of Panchgawa, India was injured in the shooting. According to the police, 4 people including Abdul Rehman Muslaman alias Pappu from Thakurapura, Siddharthnagar district, Mayadevi-4, Janardhan Lonia alias Lala from Panchagawa, Siddharthanagar district, India, and Abdul Bari alias Babbu from Narkul, Siddharthnagar district, were involved in the incident.

The same trend is seen when looking at past cases of crime in Lumbini region. That is, the presence of Indian criminals in Nepali land. According to the Provincial Police Office, Mahendra Prasad Kurmi was killed on August 29, 2017 at Vaikunthpur, Rohini Rural Municipality-3 under Hulaki Highway, when a person who came on a motorcycle with no number plate opened fire. This criminal group also took 5 lakh rupees with Kurmi after the murder. After the police arrested Manish Kumar Harijan and Sunil Kumar Singh from Kompierganj, Gorakhpur district of India, saying that they were involved in the murder of Kurmi, it became known that there was an Indian connection to this crime. Sonu Singh of Gopalganj in Sanglan Bihar is still absconding in this incident.

According to police data, such incidents are happening sporadically in Lumbini involving Indian citizens. "However, there has not been a single incident in the year 2080," said Shrestha, the provincial police spokesperson, "there are more incidents of Indian citizens committing crimes in Nepal than those who were given betel nuts for murder." Former AIG Hari Bahadur Pal says that the biggest problem in the occurrence of crime in Terai Madhesh is the open border. He said that because small guns are available in the border Indian market for a few thousand, criminals have easy access to weapons. He said, 'There are many cases in Madhesh where people are shot and killed even in ordinary jhanjhagad.' He said that they are involved in crime. SP Dhungel said that there is no investment in receiving information and that is why crime incidents happen in the border area. He said, "If we send our police personnel to take information somewhere in India to prevent such a challenge, the cases of smugglers and crimes will stop". We have been hit by not being able to buy information.'