Kathmandu, April 20 -- The Nepal Police has arrested royalist leaders for defying a prohibitory order as they stage a protest inside Singhadurbar, the administrative capital of the Himalayan Nation.

Amongst those arrested are the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) President Rajendra Lingden, Vice President Buddhiman Tamang and Chief Whip Gyanendra Shahi, amongst half a dozen leaders.

While walking out of the administrative centres, the royalist leaders displayed placards reading slogans demanding the release of previously arrested leaders.

One of the leaders who escaped arrest was Deepak Bahadur Singh, who claimed to have achieved the target of breaking the restricted area as previously announced.

"We have broken the restricted area, we...