Saturday, March 14th, 2026

Three hostage-takers held for demanding Rs 1 mln ransom



KATHMANDU: Three people have been arrested on the charge of demanding Rs 1 million in ransom by taking a man hostage.

The arrested are Rohit Pandit, 20, of Biratnagar Metropolitan City-16, Ajaya Yadav, 21, of Biratnagar Metropolitan City-16 and Sandhya Sharma, 28, of Biratnagar Metropolitan City-2, said District Police Office (DPO), Morang.

The arrested had taken hostage a 23-year-old Subhash Kamat of Biratnagar Metropolitan City-18 on Saturday afternoon.

They had demanded Rs 1 million in ransom from the victim’s family, SP Man Bahadur Rai, the spokesperson of DPO, Morang, said.

Acting on a tip-off, police safely rescued Kamat within two hours of his hostage taking.

Publish Date : 28 February 2021 14:56 PM

NRB sets today’s foreign currency exchange rates

KATHMANDU: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has fixed the foreign currency

NC to submit names of 20 PR MPs to EC today

KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress (NC) is set to submit the names

UML leaders cling to PR list despite humiliating HoR election setback

KATHMANDU: Several senior leaders of the CPN-UML who have held

RSP holding Secretariat meeting to finalize PR candidates

KATHMANDU: The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is holding a meeting

Farmers increasingly adopting machines for paddy planting

CHITWAN: Chaite paddy planting is currently in full swing in