Two Indian nationals were held with a pistol at Maheshbari in Sakhuwanankarkatti Rural Municipality-5 of Siraha district.

Chief of the District Police Office, Siraha, Ramesh Pandit, said that Niraj Kumar Paswan (18) and Arun Shah (37) of Maduwani district of Bihar State of India were arrested during a security check on Thursday evening.

Pandit said they were heading to Lahan from Thadi in a public vehicle.