DSP Hari Bahadur Basnet, Information Officer of District Police Office Kaski, said that 11 arrested persons will be sent to Revenue Investigation Office Butwal for further investigation.
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Kaski police arrested 11 Indians involved in illegal gold and silver business in Pokhara. The police have arrested 11 people living in four different wards of Pokhara, from Maharashtra, West Bengal, Calcutta, India.
Those arrested are 41-year-old Rajendra Ramchandra Jagtap from Maharashtra, 40-year-old Sunita Pawar, 45-year-old Manik Lal Adaat from Kolkata, 35-year-old Asit Var, 44-year-old Tapas Samant, 38-year-old Ujwal Bhomik, 35-year-old Sandeep Dhap from West Bengal, 41-year-old Somnath Pal, 47-year-old Deepak Samant, 47-year-old Govind Dinda and 49-year-old Provas Majhi from India. It has been revealed that they are involved in the work of Kaligarh and Sunchandi.
SP Shyam Babu Olia of District Police Office Kaski said in a press conference held on Saturday that they were arrested based on the information that illegal gold and silver transactions were taking place in wards 2, 3, 4 and 9 of Pokhara Metropolitan City. The police had received information about the illegal business some time ago.
The teams of Gandaki State Police Office, District Police Office Kaski and subordinate police offices were engaged in the operation from 4 pm on Friday. The police named it 'Operation Yellow Metal'. SP Oliya said that 549 tola 40 gold (6 kg 400 grams) gold, 444 tola 73 gold (5 kg 300 grams) silver and 5 lakh 14 thousand 665 rupees were recovered from them. "Since the house is India, it has been revealed that they bring it from there and make it there and sell it," he said.
Another businessman, Sanjay Dhaw, absconded after receiving information that the police would come. When the police came to know about the operation, he fled leaving behind 13 tola 58 red gold, 4 tola 23 red silver and 1 lakh 69 thousand rupees.
DSP Hari Bahadur Basnet, Information Officer of District Police Office Kaski, said that the 11 people who were arrested will be sent to Revenue Investigation Office Butwal for further investigation.
According to the latest market price, the value of recovered gold is 11 million 1 lakh 4 thousand rupees and the value of silver is 1 million 39 thousand rupees.
