Two arrested with explosive substances

January 4, Manma: The District Police Office Kalikot has arrested two people along with explosive substances. Those arrested in this connection are 36-year-old Durga Raj Bohara of Lalu, Naraharinath Rural Municipality-9 Kalikot district, and 32-year-old Padam Bahadur Pun of Bherimalika Municipality-2, Jajarkot district.

They were arrested this morning and both are the cadres of the outfit led by Netra Bikram Chand, police said. A gun, a pressure cooker, 24 units of detonators, nine units of sockets, one kilogram of Sulpher, half a kilogram of soda were confiscated from them, Information Officer at the DPO, Yakshya Kumar Joshi said.

They would be tried under the Prevention of Explosive Substances Act.