INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:

Kathmandu, September 13 A person was shot at and arrested from Goldhunga for allegedly unleashing extortion terror. A special team deployed

from Metropolitan Police Crime Division opened fire at Sajan Gurung alias Najok of Dhading district as he tried to run away after seeing

police, instead of turning himself in

Karjan Gurung, one of his accomplices, was also arrested. MPCD In-charge Senior Superintendent of Police Sahakul Thapa said two bullets had

hit Sajan below the knee of the left leg and was undergoing treatment at the National Trauma Centre. He was out of danger, according to

police. Acting on a complaint lodged with police, MPCD had been trying to track Sajan whereabouts in Kathmandu for the past few weeks

Police detected Sajan location in Goldhunga this afternoon and deployed the special team to the site. He was spotted in Goldhunga-based

Fulbari Cafe and the police ordered him to surrender, to investigate his involvement in extortion cases. &But he refused to surrender and

tried to flee the scene by attacking the cops

Police opened fire in self-defence,& SSP Thapa said

Officials said Sajan had also issued death threats to a high-level police official

Metropolitan Police Range had retrieved an audio clip related to the threats. Sajan was found involved in many extortion cases and he was

also accused of issuing threats to businessmen and high-profile people to boost his bargaining power

Officials said they would launch further investigation to establish if Sajan had any connection with Samirman Singh Basnet, the prime

accused in the murder of construction entrepreneur Sharad Kumar Gauchan

Basent, who is languishing in the Central Jail, is said to be operating extortion racket from behind bars. The Central Investigation Bureau

of Nepal Police had recently arrested Naresh Thapa, younger brother of Minister of Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa, for his alleged collusion

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