Bomb factory discovered in Kathmandu department store complex
June 13th, 2010 - 6:07 pm ICT by ANIKathmandu, June 13 (ANI): Kathmandu Police have discovered a domestic bomb production house during a raid of a rented departmental store, Sunday’s The Rising Nepal reported.
The factory is owned by Bishwo Shah, who was picked up by the Metropolitan Police Circle for his alleged hand behind the June 8 car bomb blast in front of Ishan Nursing Home and Maternity Hospital in the capital.
Police located the bomb factory at his departmental store near Basundhara Chowk. Shah has been living in the city for nine years, the Xinhua news agency reported.
Deepak Thapa, Deputy Superintendent of Police, was quoted as saying that Shah has admitted to running the business for the nine years in his own rented departmental store.
Thapa said that the confiscated explosive materials amounted to a huge quantity and that he used to bring the required materials from India and from within Kathmandu.
Police have filed a case against him on charge of possessing arms and explosive materials. (ANI)
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