Police, on March 21, arrested two leaders of the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist-Chand) from Mahadevdanda Allajor under Chandrapur Municipality in Rautahat District of Province No. 2, reports The Himalayan Times. The arrested cadres are identified as Man Kumar Rai (39) and Kamal Gurung (38). Gurung is the Rautahat District chairman of the Youth Association affiliated with the CPN-Maoist-Chand. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Hem Bahadur Shahi, said, the arrested were engaged in extorting money from businessmen by issuing threats, committing criminal activities and planting Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) on the premises of Government properties and buildings. Police have recovered a hand grenade, a pistol, two bullets, seven sets of mobile phones and some documents and books from their possession.