Kathmandu: Nepal police arrested two Nepalese on the charges of trafficking women from Nepal to India. As per the police sources Laxmi Das (20) and Khushbu Bishwokarma (19) have been arrested from Birtamod on Friday on charges of trafficking local women to India.

Police in a statement said that a 16 year old girl and a 20 year old woman have been rescued by the police. They were being taken to Chhaudadano, Bihar on the pretext of providing lucrative jobs. The police have initiated action against the duo taking them into custody and a search has been launched for three other culprits, it said.