Surkhet Police Seize 14 Single-Shot Rifles from Community Forests

Surkhet. Surkhet police have recovered 14 single-shot rifles from various community forests here. According to Kabindrasingh Bohora, spokesperson for the District Police Office Surkhet, a police team dispatched on secret information recovered those single-shot rifles from two consecutive community forests. According to him, on Thursday evening, 8 single-shot rifles (3 whole and 3 broken) were found during a search in the Panidanda Community Forest in Syaule, Barahatal Rural Municipality-7. Similarly, on Friday, an additional 6 single-shot rifles (4 whole and 2 broken barrels) were recovered from the Sajghari Community Forest in Ward No. 5 of the same rural municipality, he said. Bohora says that the police are further investigating who hid the weapons in the forest and why. Earlier, the police had also recovered rifles from some forests.