10 Arrested for Harassing Passengers in Kathmandu Valley

Kathmandu. Police have taken 10 people into custody for causing trouble and harassment to passengers traveling outside the valley using public transport from Kathmandu Valley. 

A team from the Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office arrested them on Monday based on public complaints that employees, drivers, and co-drivers operating counters in the Koteshwor and Jadibuti areas of Kathmandu Metropolitan City-32 were causing unnecessary trouble. The police team that reached the said location found them dragging public transport passengers, forcibly pulling them, and snatching bags from passengers, causing trouble and harassment. Traffic police stated that all those arrested have been sent to the District Police Range, Bhadrakali, Kathmandu, for necessary investigation and further action.

Those arrested include Suryabahadur Devkota, 40, of Chhirsirnath Municipality-5, Dhanusha; Prakash Siwakoti, 32, of Bhimeshwor Municipality-1, Dolakha; Haribhajan Thapa, 55, of Chaugau Narayan Municipality-9, Bhaktapur; Dilliprasad Lamichhane, 38, of Vaiteshwor Rural Municipality-4, Dolakha; and Suresh Tamang, 28, of Bahrabise Rural Municipality-5, Sindhupalchok.

Similarly, Tilakkumar Thapa, 27, of Golanjore Rural Municipality-2, Sindhuli; Khadkabahadur Tamang, 26, of Bhimeshwor Municipality-8, Dolakha; Doorkumar Shrestha, 36, of Sunkoshi Rural Municipality-4, Sindhuli; Nandlal Budhathoki, 45, of Likhu Rural Municipality-7, Okhaldhunga; and Rajesh Sapkota, 36, of Chautara Sangachokgadhi Municipality-4, Sindhupalchok have also been arrested.