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BY RABINDRA UPRETI

MAHOTTARI, Sept 27 - Increasing numbers of Nepali vehicles ferrying goods and passengers to the western districts from Sunsari via the Indian route are being robbed in India in recent times.
According to some drivers, the robbers stop every vehicle bearing a Nepali license plate on the pretext of collecting “plying entry charge” to rob goods and passengers. These robberies mostly take place in the area between Purniya and Barauni of India.

Only on Friday, two freight trucks bound for Mahottari and Siraha districts from Morang were robbed by two persons. The robbers also assaulted one of the drivers, Kumar Dhakal.

“The robbers stopped our trucks and demanded money. When I refused, they attacked me,” Dhakal said, showing his wounds and bruises. Dozens of Nepali vehicles are robbed along this highway everyday, Dhakal said.

Meanwhile, some of the victims claim that Indian police personnel are also involved in these robberies. One of the victims said that some Indian locals had told him that one of the robbers was in fact a policeman of that area. After the Koshi floods of last month damaged the Sunsari segment of East-West Highway, many Nepali vehicles are compelled to use the Indian route to reach their destinations.

Posted on: 2008-09-27 19:39:45 (Server Time)