Police arrested some bank employees and their relatives suspecting them of their alleged involvement in the bank robbery.

The Mahendranagar branch of Nabil Bank Limited was looted on December 9, 2013.

Meanwhile, police have been interrogating the arrestees.

The arrestees have been identified as Dil Bahadur Singh, brother of Bishan Singh, the Manager of Nabil Bank Mahendranagar Branch. A contractor, Dil Bahadur was arrested from Chandani. Also arrested are the bank employees and the driver. 

Masked men carrying weapons had looted Rs 23.1 million from a vehicle inside a forest at Malakheti on the border between Kanchanpur and Kailali districts. They had intercepted a vehicle carrying the amount and made away with the amount. The amount was being transported to Dhangadhi from Mahendranagar to be deposited in the Nepal Rastra Bank. RSS