Police on Wednesday arrested an Indian national for his alleged involvement in robbing the NMB Bank in Mahottari Rural Municipality of Mahottari.

The arrestee has been identified as Ajay Kumar Safi (20) of Bihar.

Police said that he was a member of a group that robbed Rs 1.5 million from the NMB Bank.

He was apprehended from the Nepal-India border at Matihani-8 yesterday, DSP Dilip Kumar Giri, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Mahottari said.

Earlier on May 30, a group of four to five masked persons who came on motorbikes robbed the bank by taking the staffers and customers captive.

Police have been searching for the gang since the day the crime took place.

Meanwhile, police said that they identified the other accused in the crime and are intensely searching for them.

Inspector Prakash Malla said that they will be arrested soon.