23 held for gambling from private home in Dhulikhel

Kavrepalanchowk–The Kavrepalanchowk District Police Office, Dhulikhel has arrested 23 people on the charge of gambling. Acting on a special tip-off, the group was caught red-handed in the wee hours today from a private home at Dhulikhel municipality-9.

The police squad headed by District Police Chief Superintendent of Police Jay Raj Sapkota arrested them with cash of Rs 957,870 and a set of kaudas (sea shells).

They had already undergone medical test and are presently in police custody. Police is due to seek a time from the district court today for further investigation against the arrested.