The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Monday night arrested four persons, including three police officials, while taking bribe in Lalitpur and Kathmandu.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Daya Nidhi Gyawali and Inspector Ramesh Singh of Metropolitan Police Range, Lalitpur were rounded up from a restaurant in Jhamsikhel. 

The anti-graft body said the duo was caught red-handed while taking Rs 300,000 “to settle a case related to a petrol pump ownership dispute”. The third person detained 

by the CIAA has been identified as Bishwo Kranti Singh, who was working as a 

middleman.