Police have arrested two persons on charge of blackmailing the owner of a mineral water company.

According to police, Dipendra Poudel and Sunil Devkota of Manamaiju, Kathmandu contaminated jar water and later tried to extort Rs 500,000 from Hom Bahadur Bogati, the proprietor,

saying that they would make the pictures of “dirty jar water” public.

“They broke the seal and contaminated the water and then put seal back in place,” said SP Sahakul Thapa, spokesperson for Metropolitan Police Crime Division.

Police arrested the duo while they were receiving Rs 50,000 as first instalment from Bogati. The arrestees will be charged with fraud.