On Saturday night, the Nepal police arrested CPN-UML leader and former president of Gramthan Rural Municipality in Morang, Shiva Narayan Majhi, along with eight others, in connection with a gambling case.

Nepal police raided a gambling den (gambling clubhouse) in Katahari Ward-4, Gramthan, and seized 1,851,500 rupees from the gamblers.

Last night, we received a tip-off from unknown sources, so the Morang and Biratnagar police teams went to the location, according to SP Nawaraj Karki, the police chief of Morang.

Area police of Urlabari investigating to those who are arrested on gambling case.

In the local elections of 2074 B.S., Majhi was elected as the chairman of Gramthan Rural Municipality from the CPN-UML party.

List of names of those arrested by the police:

Jaykiswor Shah from Duhabi

Janak Kumar Majhi from Sundarharaicha

Mahesh Shah from Mahottari

Aaharlal Majhi from Ghramdhan

Yubak Rai from Dharan

Katubarn Nemwang from Damak

Lok Nath Sapkota from Letang

Pratap Rai from Sundarharaicha

Shiva Narayan Majhi, from Ghramdhan