Saptari — A group attacked the in-charge of a police post in Balan Bihul Rural Municipality-5 of Nepal's Saptari district on Saturday evening, allegedly while trying to free a man arrested with firecrackers smuggled from India, Saptari police said.

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Assistant Sub-Inspector Pradip Kumar Bista, in-charge of the Ramnagar Kodarkatti Police Post near the Nepal-India border, was assaulted after police apprehended Ramdular Yadav of Bodebarsain Municipality-3. Police recovered firecrackers worth approximately Rs 117,000 from Yadav. Firecrackers are classified as explosive material and their import is banned in Nepal.

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Detainee held, search on for attackers

Superintendent of Police Rupak Khadka, chief of the District Police Office, Saptari, said Yadav had been taken to the Area Police Office in Kadbona for further investigation. Police are searching for Dev Kumar Yadav and other individuals suspected of involvement in the attack, and Khadka said officers had been deployed to identify and arrest those involved, adding that no one implicated would be spared.

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This is not the first attack on the post. In Ashadh earlier this year, the then in-charge of the same Ramnagar Kodarkatti post, Assistant Sub-Inspector Ram Kumar Yadav, was also allegedly beaten by a group suspected of involvement in smuggling, according to the reports. Saptari is one of the eight districts of Madhesh Province bordering India, and police say smuggling across the open border remains a persistent problem in the area. The alleged attack remains under investigation.

Source: NM Khabar