Police have arrested two persons in possession of an automatic pistol from Ramanandachowk, Janakpur.
The detainees have been identified as Indresh Kumar Singh (30) of Jaleshwor Municipality-9, Mahottari and currently residing at Janakpurdham-4 and Abhisek Kumar Singh (19) of Manarasiswa Minicipality-1 and presently living at Janakpurdham-8.
The duo were heading towards provincial hospital from Ramanandachowk with the pistol on a bike (Ja 7 Pa 7932) when police arrested them during the security check, DSP Jitendra Kumar Basnet, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Dhanusha said.
Police said that they are looking into the case.