Police have arrested two persons with a pistol and its bullets from Boudha in Kathmandu.

Basudev Thami of Sindhupalchok and Megh Bahadur Tamang of Sindhuli were apprehended for their alleged involvement in stealing the pistol and bullets that belong to Prabhakar Khadka, the private security officer of Supreme Court Justice Nahakul Subedi, said the police.

Tamang was arrested from his rented house in Boudha and Thami was held based on the statement provided by Tamang, said SP Kumod Dhungel, spokesperson at the District Police Range, Kathmandu.

They stole a bag containing the pistol and bullets from the apartment of Khadka with the help of a pole fixed with a hook, he said.

Later, Khadka lodged a complaint at the Metropolitan Police Circle, Kathmandu.

Based on the complaint, police started the search and arrested the duo.