Two persons have died after a police raid in a gambling den in Mulpani of Kathmandu Friday night. The duo, identified as Saroj Ghale and Sanu Lal Tamang, jumped off a window from the third floor to avoid arrest, police claim.
SSP at the Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu Basanta Lama told Setopati that people started to run when the police in plainclothes reached the house for raid. The two were seriously injured when they jumped off the window to avoid arrest, according to SSP Lama.
Doctors at B & B Hospital declared them dead moments after they were taken there for treatment by police.
Police arrested 23 persons and confiscated Rs 448,000 from the house.