Two teenage girls were rescued by the police from Gadhigaun, Chaubise Rural Municipality-3, in Dhankuta, where they had been held captive for three days. The rescue operation took place on Saturday morning, with the 14-year-olds, both from Uralbari in Morang, found locked inside a house in the area.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Omprakash Khanal, the girls had been held captive at the house Sanish Yakkha. “They had been confined for three days, and the police successfully rescued them,” Khanal said.

The two suspects involved in the case, 19-year-old Pratik BK of Suryachowk, Uralbari Municipality-5, and 19-year-old Sanish Yakkha from Gadhigaun, have been arrested. Police claim the teenagers were lured and abducted by the suspects, who then confined them against their will.

Both suspects were initially apprehended by the Mudebas Police Post and have been transferred to the District Police Office, Dhankuta, for further investigation.