Five Members of Gold Necklace Robbery Gang Arrested
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- Police arrested five members of a gang involved in snatching gold necklaces from women in Kathmandu’s Payutar area.
- The arrested individuals are aged between 19 and 44, hailing from Nuwakot and Solukhumbu districts.
- The gang has been involved in seizing gold necklaces from women in various locations since Chaitra of last year.
April 28, Kathmandu – Police have apprehended five members of a gang involved in robbing gold necklaces.
The arrested are Savin Tamang, 21, Bimal Tamang, 26, and Sujan Tamang, 21, all from Kakani Municipality-3, Nuwakot; Satish Amatay, 44, from Bidur Municipality, Nuwakot; and Ritika Majhi, 19, from Solukhumbu.
On Chaitra 12, while a woman was walking near Fun Park in Matatirtha, two individuals on a motorcycle snatched her gold necklace and fled the scene.
Again, on Chaitra 19, a group seized the gold necklace of a 70-year-old woman in Naykap and escaped.
On Baishakh 6, while a woman was walking in Chandragiri, a group on a motorcycle forcibly grabbed her necklace.
Police identified the arrested group as involved in these necklace snatchings. They were detained by the Thanikot Police Team from Kathmandu’s Payutar area.
Authorities recovered 12.90 grams of gold, large and small wrenches, a khukuri knife, and a screwdriver from the suspects.