Jaleshwor, July 27 : An Indian national charged of
involvement in a bank robbery has been arrested.
He is Ajay Kumar Safi, 20, of
Bihar. He was allegedly part of a group that on May 30 looted the NMB Bank
based in Mahottari rural municipality-2 in Mahottari and made away with Rs 1.5
million.
He was apprehended on Wednesday evening near
from the Nepal-India border at Matihani-8, confirmed Deputy Superintendent of
Police Dilip Kumar Giri, the spokesperson for the District Police Office in
Mahottari.
A masked gang of four to five who
arrived on theft motorcycles looted the bank by taking bank employees and
customers captive.
Since the day of the crime took
place, police have been searching for the gang with the help of human Nepal
Police specialized agency, trans-national coordination and the technology.
Furthermore, police have identified
the other accused in the crime and are intensely searching for them. Police
hope that they will be arrested soon, police inspector Prakash Malla said.