Himal Press 
POKHARA: Police have arrested one of the three men who reportedly fled with a truck loaded with 103 mountain goats from Pokhara last week.
According to the District Police Office, Kaski, Mohammad Fakir (50) of Suddhodan Municipality-4 in Rupandehi, currently residing in Masbar, Pokhara-7, was arrested based on a complaint filed by Takla Gurung of Baragung Muktichhetra Rural Municipality-3.
Police have received permission from the Kaski District Court to keep Fakir in custody for six days for investigation, according to DSP Basanta Kumar Sharma, the information officer of the District Police Office, Kaski. “We arrested Fakir from Pokhara-4 on Monday. The search for the other two is underway,” he added.
Takla stated in his complaint that Fakir and two others visited his home in Mustang on September 17 to buy mountain goats. They agreed to pay Rs 4.2 million for 103 mountain goats and said they would pay the money in Pokhara. The three then brought Takla with them to Pokhara, where they stayed at a hotel in the Damside area of Pokhara-17.
Takla said the three fled with the vehicle carrying the mountain goats at night while he was sleeping. He then filed a complaint against the three with the District Police Office.
“Preliminary investigations reveal that Fakir sold the mountain goats on September 18. He transferred the goats to another vehicle at Ghattekhola in Pokhara-25,” DSP Sharma added.
