Kathmandu, Nov. 24 -- Police on Saturday arrested eight Indian nationals on charges of facilitating betting during the ongoing Nepal Premier League. Police said a team from the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office apprehended them from Balkhu in Kathmandu.

The suspects, who had been living in Samakhusi, were allegedly operating betting activities, police said.

Superintendent of Police Kaji Kumar Acharya, spokesperson for the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office, said that the six-day remand for the eight suspects, who were placing bets in person at the ground, was secured on Sunday for further investigation.

Meanwhile, police have separately detained an Indian man and a woman originally from Nepal after uncovering what in...