Police have arrested an 18-year-old youth on charge of hacking various government websites including the recent breach of Nepal Telecom users details.

The Nepal Police Crime Division, Teku, on Wednesday arrested one Bikash Poudel from Sorhakhutte, for illegally breaching websites of various organisations using alias “Anonymous #Opnep”.

The police have claimed that the accused has breached over 200 websites of various organisations and schools including National Tuberculosis Centre, Cottage and Small Industries Office websites among others, accessing its details.