Police arrested two Indian nationals in possession of a pistol and its bullets from Ratomate in ward 15 of Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City on Monday.

According to the District Police Office in Makawanpur, Dhiraj Kumar, aged 22, and Dipak Kumar, aged 26, of Indian state of Bihar were held with a 9mm pistol with three bullets during a security check at Ratamate.

The suspects were heading to Hetauda from Gaur of Rautahat district on a passenger bus. Detailed investigation is underway into the case, said police.