KATHMANDU: Notorious criminal Manoj Pun was reportedly killed in an encounter with the police in Devdaha Municipality-4 of Rupandehi district early Wednesday morning.
Pun, along with his aide Som Bahadur Ale, was shot at after the duo opened fire and tried to flee the police in Devdaha, at around 3:30 am today, according to Superintendent of Police (SP)
Shyam Gyawali, the Chief of Rupandehi District Police Office.
Acting on a tip-off from Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police, a team carried out a search operation and came across the duo riding on motorcycles. Subsequently, the duo was shot during the exchange of fire, said SP Gyawali.
The critically injured duo was taken to Lumbini Zonal Hospital where they were pronounced dead upon admission.
Pun, the resident of Bhawanipur in Devdaha Municipality-4, was the prime suspect involved in the
murder of Youth Force leader Durga Tiwari who was shot dead in the district. Deceased Pun was also allegedly involved in the recent murder of Kathmandu-based businessman
Sharad Kumar Gauchan, and
sawmill owner Basanta Paudel in Devdaha Municipality on January 5.
Police have confiscated a pistol from the possession of deceased Pun.
Pun had allegedly been operating an extortion racket and had been involved in a number of kidnappings and murders of businessmen. Teams from
CIB had been searching for Pun for a year, police informed.
Source: Himalayan Times
