A police team deployed from the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police arrested two persons from Capital for allegedly making abusive and defamatory remarks about a woman on social site Facebook, apparently with an intent to assassinate her character, on Monday.

The suspects have been identified as Dinesh Neupane of Urlabari-7, currently residing at Maitidevi and Rina Thapa Magar of Ramkot-7, Sitapaila.

According to a preliminary investigation, Neupane and Magar had been frequently sending lewd photos to a 20-year-old woman, among others, through a fake account for the past one year.

Neupane was arrested from Maitidevi while Magar was nabbed from Sitapaila, police said.

The suspects face cyber crime charges as per the Electronic Transactions Act, 2008.