Police have arrested seven people including a former Nepal Army man on charge of robbery by impersonating as policemen.

A team of Metropolitan Police Crime Division arrested the alleged culprits from various places of Kathmandu on Wednesday and made them public on Thursday.

The identities of people arrested are Narayan Baniya, Sudip Thapa Magar, Ashok Baniya, Shiva Bahadur Baniya—all residents of Gorkha and Bishwas Gharti Magar and Dhan Kumar Pariyar from Rukum.

According to the police, the thugs had on February 21 took control of Prem Narayan Kharal and Bidhan Kharal who had recently withdrawn Rs427,000 from newroad-based Global IME Bank by saying that they were from Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA). The perpetrators took them to Basundhara and looted the amount.

After making the arrestees public, they have been sent to Metropolitan Police Circle, Teku for further action.