According to SP Pawan Kumar Bhattarai, Information Officer of the District Police Range, Kathmandu, we took Prem under control by firing after he attacked a senior police constable on duty.
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Prem Tharu, 34, from Banke, sometimes introduced himself as Vikas, sometimes as Saurabh, and sometimes as 'Supreme Tharu.' Tharu, who kept changing his name, did not change his main profession, theft, even when he was serving a prison sentence.
His daily routine was to break into the house during the day when no one was home and use a tool to break windows and doors and steal cash and gold and silver jewelry. The same Tharu was caught by the police on Friday night. ‘After the increase in theft incidents in Kathmandu, we were checking on suspicious people.’ In the same vein, Tharu was arrested during a check at around 11:15 pm on Friday night in Puri village, Kathmandu Metropolitan City-6,’ said SP Pawan Kumar Bhattarai, Information Officer of the District Police Range, Kathmandu. ‘We opened fire and took him under control after he attacked a senior constable of Swayambhu who was on duty.’ Tharu, who was injured in the leg, is currently undergoing treatment.
A complaint has been filed with the police alleging that he stole 88 tolas of gold, 99 tolas of silver and two tolas of diamonds from nine houses from Mangsir to Magh. In addition, Tharu had stolen 5,500 US dollars, 7,300 Indian rupees, 1,000 euros and 150 Australian dollars. SP Bhattarai said that when calculating the foreign currency, including jewelry, it was found to be 36.14 million rupees. The police have informed that the seized items will be put on display for identification.
Tharu was released from the Central Jail on parole. Parole is a system that provides the facility of home imprisonment to those who have good behavior after serving two-thirds of the term. He was arrested on 5 Poush and 29 Mangsir 079 in a theft case. He was sent to jail on remand in the same case. He was released on parole on 25 Jestha 2082.
