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25-year-old Nepali student Laxmi Rajbanshi was found dead in Fukuoka’s Naka River. Japanese police are investigating the case as a homicide.
The Central Investigation Bureau has frozen bank accounts linked to prominent share trader Dipendra Agrawal, his family members and associates as it investigates alleged fraudulent and manipulative stock trading.
Three Year Old Garima Chaudhary Found Dead Inside A Vacant House In Bara After Being Missing For Three Days, Police Suspect Sexual Assault And Murder As The Body Was Found Without Clothes, Awaiting Postmortem
A woman in Kaski reportedly lost Rs 3.1 million (रु 31 lakh) after an online relationship that began on Facebook developed into an elaborate scam involving a supposed wealthy British man and callers posing as Indian police. Police say the case highlights how online fraudsters increasingly exploit emotions, trust and fear alongside techniques such as fake identities, OTP theft and fraudulent foreign opportunities.
Ambulances meant to rush patients to hospitals are repeatedly turning up in cannabis-smuggling cases across Koshi Province, with police recovering hundreds of kilograms from emergency vehicles around Dharan, Bhedetar, Morang and Sunsari. The cases expose a wider trafficking corridor running from cannabis-producing hill districts toward the Tarai and Nepal-India border, while increasingly creative smuggling methods are making enforcement more difficult.
A long-running fake refugee investigation has resurfaced after CIB arrested Foreign Ministry Joint Secretary Pushpa Raj Bhattarai over allegations that travel documents issued during his time at the passport division were misused.
CIAA has filed a corruption case against former CAAN Director General Pradeep Adhikari, alleging that money collected from airport construction contractors was used to purchase land in his wife's name.
Former Nepal Telecommunications Authority Chairman Bhupendra Bhandari has been arrested by Nepal Police's Central Investigation Bureau in connection with the ongoing Smart Cell asset sale investigation.
Businessman Shekhar Golchha has been released after the Kathmandu District Court ordered him to furnish Rs 1 crore in bail following a detention hearing related to insurance and securities offence cases. The criminal cases, based on a Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) investigation, will continue in court while Golchha remains out on bail after submitting a bank guarantee.
Police have arrested a 38-year-old Lalitpur resident in Thamel after five vape devices seized from him tested positive for THC. He is currently under investigation in a drug-related case.
Violence in Sunsari's Kaptanganj escalated after protesters ignored curfew orders, set fires, and damaged property, forcing authorities to deploy the Nepali Army to help restore order. The unrest followed a deadly clash between two communities that left one person dead, injured dozens of others, and prompted an indefinite curfew across several sensitive areas.
The government has formed a five-member committee to investigate the violence in Kaptanganj, Sunsari, where one person died after being shot as police attempted to control a dispute between two groups. A Central Security Committee meeting has also been called.
A late night clash between Hindu and Muslim communities in Kaptanganj, Sunsari, left 24 year old Om Prakash Mehta dead and several police officers, security personnel and local residents injured. Authorities have imposed an indefinite curfew in five market areas and restricted gatherings across Harinagar and Dewanganj while an investigation into the fatal shooting continues.
Police in Pokhara have arrested two men accused of collecting money from people by advertising holiday trips to destinations across Asia and Europe through an allegedly fraudulent tourism business. Investigators say around 30 people paid a combined Rs 965,000, while 15 job seekers were reportedly recruited and used to support the operation.
A Tribhuvan University MBS first-semester question paper was circulated through a WhatsApp group containing more than 1,000 members shortly after the examination began. Police have detained two people, while the university has formed a committee to investigate the leak.
