Police have arrested two persons in connection to the March 28 murder of Nepali Congress leader Rabindra Shumsher Shah in Khalanga, the district headquarters of Jajarkot.

The suspects, Thagendra Bahadur Singh and Dil Bahadur Rana, were made public at a press conference on Tuesday.

Police said four other suspects were still on the run. SSP Mahesh Bikram Shah said the people arrested and wanted in the murder case are cadres of the Netra Bikram Chand-led CPN Maoist.