Court permits police to detain two Pakistani nationals for five days

The Kathmandu District Court has permitted the District Police Office, Hanumandhoka, to detain two Pakistani national for five more days in charges of arms smuggling.

Judge Mohan Raman Bhattrai at the Kathmandu District Court issued the order.

The District Police Office Kathmandu had filed had a case at the Court seeking 15-days detention for investigation.

Two Pakistani nationals, Gulam Hussein Chima and Atta Muhaddin Siddhiqi, who are suspected of possessing 16kg RDX that was seized in Kathmandu five years ago, were arrested from Everest Hotel Wednesday morning.

The explosive was seized from their room in Kathmandu in April 2001, but both the suspects had fled arrest at that time.

It is not clear whether they were liked with the serial blasts in the Indian city of Mumbai. nepalnews.com pb July 14 06

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