Police on Tuesday arrested two cadres of the Netra Bikram Chand-led CPN Maoist in possession of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Chitwan.

A police team deployed from the Ward Police Office under the command of Inspector Niranjan Bhattarai apprehended party bureau in-charge Puran Rai of Bharatpur-17 and Shankar Gurung of Bharatpur-7 with IEDs and fake weapons.

According to SP Deepak Thapa of the District Police Office, Chitwan, the duo was held while they were heading towards Shivaghat from Narayangadh on a bike (Na 3 Pa 3065).