Valley
Police nab goon Ganesh Lama
Notorious goon Ganesh Lama has been arrested from the Capital on Saturday for his alleged involvement in multiple criminal activities.A special squad from the Metropolitan Police Range in Humandhoka arrested Lama from Sinamangal area at 2:30 in the afternoon.
Lama, a central leader of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum-Loktantrik led by Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar, had filed his candidacy from Kavre-2 in the second Constituent Assembly election. According to Arjun Chand Thakuri, spokesperson at the Range, Lama has been accused of perpetrating various criminal activities, including creating terror with arms, extortion, kidnapping and using goons to influence tender processes.
“He will be booked under the Public Offence Act,” Thakuri said. The District Court has remanded him in custody for seven days on Sunday.
Lama was arrested thrice in the past. The Special Court on July 19 had sent him to judicial custody after he failed to post the bail amount. The Department of Money Laundering Investigation on May 19 had filed separate cases against five goons, including Lama, on the charges of amassing millions of rupees through illegal means.
He was released on October 4 last year after posting the bail amount of Rs 30 million. He was accused of amassing property worth Rs 270 million through illegal means.