February 16,Kathmandu.Police have arrested two people, including an 11-year-old boy, on charges of stealing a woman's gold chain in Itahari. The boy who swallowed the stolen chain is under police surveillance.
On Saturday, 47-year-old Bed Kumari Khadka of Itahari-3 was robbed of her gold chain. Police have arrested 22-year-old Sunil Kumar Ray of Birgunj-20 and an 11-year-old boy from the same area on charges of involvement in the incident. During the investigation, it was revealed that the boy had swallowed the chain.
After the boy said he had swallowed the stolen chain, the police immediately admitted him to Vedanta Hospital in Itahari. An X-ray confirmed that a chain weighing about one tola was in his stomach.
Itahari DSP Laxmi Bhandari informed that he has been kept under police surveillance as doctors believe the chain will come off naturally.
The police are further investigating the incident.