Another soldier arrested with SMG pistol over murder allegation

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Another soldier arrested with SMG pistol over murder allegation

KATMANDU: Police arrested another soldier with an SMG pistol over the alleged murder of a Nepalese army sergeant in Bharatpur Chitwan.

According to Chitwan SP Om Adhikari, Ganga Dhar Poudel, 26, from the metropolitan city of Bharatpur was arrested in connection with the murder of a Nepalese army sergeant found shot dead in Bharatpur, Chitwan.

The body of 36-year-old Bharat Gurung, who was then on leave, was found in a canal in Simaldanda of the metropolitan city of Bharatpur-17. Gurung, sergeant at Mahendra Dal in Shivapuri National Park, Tokha, Kathmandu, was the permanent inhabitant of Nilkantha Municipality in Dhading. Poudel was also at Mahendra Dal.

The police recovered an SMG pistol and Rs 800,000 in Poudel.

Police informed that the preliminary investigation showed that Poudel had embezzled Rs 900,000 from Gurung and killed him to avoid paying him back.

After recovering Gurung’s body, the police suspected that Gurung might have been shot.

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