Nepal

Kathmandu, April 30

Private and Boarding Schools Organisation Nepal, and National Private and Boarding Schools Association Nepal have sought the central governmentintervention to stop local governments from defaming the private schools thereby discouraging students from studying at such schools.

Issuing a joint press statement, PABSON and N-PABSON stated that some local governments were spreading rumours that student studying at private school would not be eligible for government jobs in the future.

&Local levels are imposing fear among students and parents,& said General Secretary of N-PABSON Subash Neupane, adding that some local governments had even spread the rumour that certificates of the students studying at private schools would not be valid in the future.

&There are more than 6,000 private schools in the country providing quality education to over two million children. Instead of appreciating the contribution of private schools the local bodies are trying to ruin the schools,& he said.

Kathmandu, April 30

Kathmandu valley reported 1,398 complaints of bike thefts during eight months of the current fiscal 2018-19. However, only 376 bikes were recovered over the period, according to Metropolitan Traffic Police Division.

&Of the recovered bikes, we handed over 263 two-wheelers to their owners upon verification of documents, while 99 unclaimed bikes were submitted to the Department of Customs for further legal process,& said Senior Superintendent of Police Basant Kumar Pant who is also MTPD in-charge. He informed that MTPD had arrested 69 persons involved in lifting motorcycles in eight months of the current fiscal.

Victim Support Unit at MTPD had received 1,634 complaints of bike theft in 2017-18. Of them, traffic police had managed to retrieve 461 two-wheelers and arrested 42 persons in connection with the property crime.

Bouddha, Jorpati, Pepsicola, Baneshwor, Koteshwor, Chabahil, Budhanilkantha, Maharajgunj, Thamel, Sundhara, Balaju, Kalanki, Pulchowk, Jawalakhel and Lagankhel are the places from where motorcycle were mostly lifted.

Hospital and cinema hall premises and busy markets are more vulnerable to bike thefts, according to police.

MTPD said that most of the bikes stolen from the valley were found to have been used outside Kathmandu valley in places like in Birtamod, Damak, Biratnagar, Dharan, Inaruwa, Saptari, Rautahat, Kaski, Rupandehi, Surkhel and Kailali. The stolen bikes were also used in some hill districts that have road networks but lack the presence of law enforcement officials.

Traffic police deploy sleuths led by an inspector in remote hill and the Terai areas to intercept stolen bikes.

Almost all two-wheelers lifted from the valley are sold to clients in other districts. Buyers usually posses fake blue book and use the two-wheelers to transport fodder and milk.

Racketeers are found selling a stolen bike for Rs 20,000 to Rs 100,000 depending on its condition and brand.

SSP Pant suggested bike owners to park their two-wheelers at safe places with handles locked and also to install intelligent locking system with double lock options, making it difficult for thieves to lift bikes.

He said traffic police had stepped up surveillance against bike theft to combat the property crime. &Owners should be on high alert to prevent potential theft. We encourage the owners to use wheel-lock, disc-lock, brake-lock, fuel-lock system and GPS tracker in their bikes to ensure safety of their properties,& SSP Pant suggested.

Kathmandu, April 30

Police arrested 11 persons with drugs from different places of Kathmandu valley yesterday.

Metropolitan Police Office raided a Chhauni-based restaurant and held six persons. Those arrested are Saroj Silwal, 36, Sujan Tamang, 19, Dipendra Shrestha, 42, Anil Bhujel, 32, Ranjeet Tiwari, 43, and Navin Manandhar, 39, of Kathmandu.

Police said 744 grams of amphetamines, a scooter, Rs 176,000 in cash, 45 pipes used for consuming the drug and a digital weighing machine were confiscated from them. Police had raided the restaurant acting on tip-off that it had been a drug haven for peddlers and users.

In a separate operation, police arrested Prabesh Malla,18, of Dhading, Santosh Tamang,18, of Makwanpur and Sujan Gurung,19, of Nuwakot with 600 tablets of nitrazepam from Lainchaur area. Police said they were found to have involved in drug peddling.

In yet another incident, police arrested Saroj Khadka, 24, of Ramechhap with psychoactive substances from Sanothimi, Bhaktapur Municipality-2. Forty tablets of nitrazepam were seized from his possession. Also Suresh Karki, 35, of Bhaktapur, was arrested with 10 ampules of diazepam, an injectable prescription drug from Duwakot. Police said all the arrestees were charged under the Narcotics Drug (Control and Punishment) Act.

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has asserted that the government certainly returns its lands usurped by anyone irrespective of position and power. Also the Chairman of Nepal Communist Party, Prime Minister Oli said the public land of Lalita Niwas of Baluwatar and other parts would be brought under the governmentownership.

During the parliamentary party meeting of the NCP which discussed upcoming policy, programmes and budget, PM Oli made it clear, &Currently, efforts were made to tarnish the government and party relating to government lands, but it is not a new issue at all. General Secretary of the party, Bishnu Poudel, was not in power during the transaction of the Baluwatar land, so he has not misused the authority.&

According to the PM, an investigation into the public land and purchase of wide-body aircraft was going on. So, the facts on it would come soon, he added.

PM Oli further urged the party leaders, lawmakers and cadres not to be disappointed as the government was working under the national resolution of ‘Prosperous Nepal- Happy Nepali.& He directed the lawmakers to play an effective role in the federal parliament. As he informed in the meeting, an allowance to the senior citizens would be increased.

He asserted again that none would be bound to live in poverty in some years.