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14 held for bursting firecrackers ‘to ward off coronavirus’



DHANUSHA: Police have arrested 14 persons from different wards of Janakpur Sub-metropolitan city on the charge of bursting firecrackers ‘to ward off coronavirus’.

A police team deployed from District Police Office, Dhanusha nabbed them on Sunday evening.

Firecrackers were burst and candles were lit ‘to ward off coronavirus’.

Bursting firecrackers is illegal in Nepal.

Publish Date : 06 April 2020 18:34 PM

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