Police have arrested 76 people involved in the vandalism that took place on 24 Bhadra. Those who killed three policemen, looted weapons, vandalized and created panic by displaying fake weapons in the aftermath of the Gen-G movement have been taken into police custody.

According to SSP Ramesh Thapa, Chief of the District Police Range, Kathmandu, four of the nine people involved in the police killing have been remanded in custody for trial. The court has ordered them to be remanded in custody in a case filed by the District Attorney's Office, Kathmandu, based on the investigation conducted by the police. 'We are still investigating the remaining five people by keeping them in custody,' he said.

Kathmandu Police has arrested 63 people involved in arson, vandalism and criminal mischief, one person involved in the murder industry and three people involved in indecent behavior. He said that 132 prisoners have been arrested among the prisoners who escaped from the prison. 'Of the weapons lost during this period, 22 guns, 4 large and 18 small, have been recovered,' he added.

Those involved in the murder of police officers

Police Circle, Maharajgunj, accused of involvement in the murder of ASI Milan Rai and Jawan Uttam Thapa, 28-year-old Yubaraj Kyapchaki, a permanent resident of Kavre and Baluwatar, and 21-year-old Sonam Tamang alias Budhilal Thing, a resident of Makawanpur and living in Chandragiri, are in custody for remand. A case was filed against them for murder and criminal mischief.

According to the police, police constable Thapa, who was posted in Maharajgunj, was dragged out of the office and brought out. Then, it is mentioned that he was brought to the corner of the inner road behind Bhatbhateni Super Market and was indiscriminately attacked with sharp weapons including sticks, iron rods, bricks, stones and others with the intention of killing him. Even after causing serious injuries, he was treated humiliatingly.

In the call detail records collected by the police, Yuvraj is seen in the Bishalnagar area at 6:47 am, Kumari Marg from 8:54 to 10:15 am, Uttar Dhoka from 11:37 am, Kumari Marg near the Ring Road from 12:15 to 5:26 pm, and around Narayan Gopal Chowk from 6 to 7 pm. In his statement given to the police in the presence of the government prosecutor, another accused Tamang has also confessed to the crime.

ASI Hom Bahadur BK, working in Maharajgunj, has stated that he saw the protesters beating up Assistant Inspector Ray and Jawan Thapa from the office premises. ‘I and other friends were staying on the top floor of the office building that was set on fire, and were later rescued by a Nepal Army helicopter,’ he said.

BK is the same police officer who had called the chief of the Valley Police Office on the police communication set, saying, ‘There are policemen dead on the road outside too, how could we save them, sir?’ Later, he was shocked and asked everyone to give their last breath, saying that they would die within 5 minutes.

Later, he and his family were rescued and admitted to the Nepal Police Hospital. On 24 Bhadra, Police Assistant Corporal Amrit Gurung was also killed in the Police Division, Koteshwor.

From social media video to the accused

62-year-old Homprasad Poudel, a resident of Sindhupalchowk and residing in Dhumbarahi, Kathmandu, and 28-year-old Tikaram BK, a resident of Balkumari, Lalitpur-8, have also been arrested on charges of involvement in the murder of the police.

According to the police, the police reached Poudel based on the analysis of the photos and videos posted on social media. As mentioned in the police report, he has also admitted to hitting him with a wooden stick. BK was also arrested based on the video seen on social media.

Among those arrested, Poudel mentioned that the police tortured him during the 2057 BS crisis by accusing him of being a Maoist. ‘I lost my sight when the barrel of the gun hit my right eye. From that time on, I used to get angry whenever I saw the police,’ he said. ‘After that, in 2062 BS, he went to Malaysia and worked for 3 years and returned. Recently, he has been working as a wage laborer at home.’ He said that he also got angry and took to the streets after learning that a student had died after being shot by the police.

‘I also joined in when the mob started vandalizing the office building in Maharajgunj,’ he says. ‘When we set fire and vandalized, the police personnel were inside the office. I myself had recorded the video of Rai being beaten to death on my mobile phone. Later, I deleted it for fear that the police would arrest him.’ The other accused, BK, is a person who works at the Kathmandu-Udayapur ticket counter in Bus Park. He had been living in Balkumari with his family.

Those who threw petrol bombs at the Janasewa Police

Police have arrested two people on charges of vandalizing a Janasewa Police vehicle and setting fire to a building by throwing petrol bombs. The arrested are Sujal Shah Sonar, alias Sujan Shah, 22, a resident of Basantapur in Sunsari, and Rohit Sarabgi, an Indian citizen, 25.

Police had arrested them after searching for their involvement in the CCTV footage. Sujan had been selling clothes on the sidewalk in Basantapur. He has given a statement that he went with the protesters after his acquaintance Rohit came carrying a stick and a motorcycle helmet in the crowd.

Rohit, on the other hand, said that although his permanent address is Rajasthan, India, he was born and raised here and has been working as a driver since his father married a Nepali citizen.

Theft in a person's house

During the Gen-G movement, theft was also found in the room of a person who was staying in a house in Gokarneshwor Municipality-9. Victim Smriti Lama has filed a complaint alleging that 3 people including Resta Tamang entered the room during the movement and stole an iPhone 11 along with a ring, a chain, 85 thousand rupees in cash, a watch, a jacket, headphones, slippers and a mask.

Resta has admitted that she is the person seen in the CCTV. However, she claims that she was not involved in the theft. According to her statement given to the police, Resta's husband Prem Tamang died in a road accident three years ago. After that, she had been living in someone else's house with her 4-year-old son and doing laundry.

The police arrested 22-year-old Indian citizen Niraj Poddar, 27-year-old Laxman Thami, a resident of Dolakha, and 27-year-old Sajan Tamang from Kathmandu for entering the Valley Crime Investigation Office in Teku and vandalizing and arson. According to the police, they had taken to the protest with weapons stolen from the office.
 
Caught on the way  He was arrested in Bhakundebesi, Kavre, while he was travelling from Koteshwor to Siraha by microbus. After finding cash and gold with him, the police deployed from Kavre arrested him and filed a case for indecent behavior.

Arrest for wearing TOB jacket

The police have also investigated those who were seen riding motorcycles wearing 'TOB' T-shirts on 24 Bhadra. However, the officers have concluded that action cannot be taken solely on the basis of wearing a T-shirt and jacket without any other offense. At that time, a video of him showing a pistol on the Bijuli Bazaar bridge wearing a 'TOB' T-shirt went public on social media. The young man who showed the pistol in this way, Tenzen Dawa, is currently in police custody. He has said that the pistol is not real and was made for video purposes. According to him, the video that went viral is not of the Gen-G demonstration. The police are also investigating other matters related to him.

Threateners calling themselves Gen-G are also in custody

Arjun Shahi has also been arrested on charges of threatening government employees in the name of Gen-G. He was also seen at Prime Minister Sushila Karki's swearing-in ceremony in Baluwatar.

According to Ramesh Thapa, Chief of the Kathmandu District Police Range, a police identity card was also found with him. 'When the police team went to bring him, a police ID card was found,' Thapa said, 'We are investigating further.'

According to officers, the identity card of an Assistant Inspector of Police (AIP) working in the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority was found with him. The identity card bears the name of Kumar Sharma. He is a police officer working in the commission, but his identity card was found missing some time ago.

The investigating officers suspect that he may have used Sharma's identity card to threaten various people. After receiving complaints about his activities, the District Police Complex, Kathmandu, arrested Shahi for investigation.

He had been interrogating the heads of various government offices, saying that he would submit a memorandum after the Gen-G movement. Employees of the Civil Aviation Authority and Nepal Airlines Corporation had complained about his activities.

He used to visit offices with YouTubers and demand the resignation of employees. Later, when Shahi was investigated, it was revealed that he was also accused of foreign fraud and banking crimes. He was arrested on 28 Baisakh 2082 by the Valley Crime Investigation Office on charges of fraud, saying that he would send him to Korea.