Police have arrested two persons for stealing gold ornaments, mobile phones in Bhadrapur of Jhapa district. The suspects have been identified as Ritik Kumar Sharma (22) of Bhadrapur Municipality-10 and Roshan Rajbansi of Bhadrapur-7, Inspector Kailash Adhikari of the District Police Office, Jhapa said. Police said that they have recovered a mobile phone, two gold bangles, a gold bracelet and gold rings among others from their possession.

According to police, the duo had stolen cash, gold ornaments, a mobile phone worth around Rs 1 million from the house of Rajendra Giri at Bisham Tole in Bhadrapur-7 at around 4 pm on August 17.

The house was unattended when the incident occurred. Soon after he knew about the incident, Giril filed a complaint at the District Police Office, Jhapa. Later, police nabbed the duo with the stolen goods. Police said that they are looking into the case.