Surkhet. The police have recovered 18 Nala Bharuva guns hidden in the forest at different places of Surkhet. The police team found those guns from three separate places under two local levels of the district.
According to the police, the police team deployed from the Gutu Samet area police office under the command of Police Inspector Bhupendra Shahi of the Babiachaur area police office, recovered five loaded guns during a search in the forest of Sanneghari located in Chokune rural municipality-7. The gun was found hidden in the forest.
Similarly, the police team deployed from the temporary police station, Gagam, has recovered 12 Nala Bharuva guns from the forest of Dhamisen located in Chokune Rural Municipality-1. The police said that the gun was also found hidden in that place.
At the same time, another police team deputed from police station Ranighat has recovered a gun loaded from the forest of Jamire located in Barahtal Rural Municipality-1.
When the police recovered the guns from all the three locations, a total of 18 were reached. Among the recovered guns, 12 guns were found from the forest of Chokune rural municipality-1 Dhamisen. Similarly, five pistols were recovered from Chokune Rural Municipality-7 Sanneghari and one pistol was recovered from Barahtal Rural Municipality-1 Jamire.
Police deployment based on special information
The police mobilized a team based on a special information to recover the guns hidden in the forest. After the information, the team deployed from the concerned police office searched various places and found the gun.
Finding weapons hidden in places like forests is considered important from the point of view of security management and identification of possible illegal activities. However, more facts are yet to be revealed from the investigation regarding the purpose for which the recovered guns were kept.
The police said that all the 18 Nala Bharuwa guns recovered from three separate places of Chokune Rural Municipality and Barahtal Rural Municipality have been recovered after completing the legal process. The information received so far does not reveal who hid the gun in the forest, when the weapon was kept there and for what purpose it was intended to be used.
Investigate the source of the firearm and the person involved
The police are investigating the source of the recovered firearms, the reason for hiding them in the forest and the people involved in the incident. It is expected that more information will be available about the actual condition, ownership and possible use of the gun only after the investigation.
The incident of 18 Nala-Bharuva firearms hidden in three places on the same day was recovered from a search conducted by the police on the basis of a special information.
However, investigations are yet to confirm whether all the recovered guns were kept for illegal purposes or were hidden in the forest for some other reason. The full extent of the incident will be clear only when the police release more details about the incident.