Siraha, March 21 -- Police have arrested two people, including the chairman of Aurahi Rural Municipality in Siraha district, on the charge of caste-based discrimination against a Dalit family.

Shivaji Yadav, the chair of the rural municipality, and Dilip Yadav, a former ward chair, were arrested on Friday evening, according to Deputy Inspector General of Nepal Police Lalmani Acharya, chief of Madhesh Province Police Office.

He said that an investigation is underway, with police questioning the suspects. Acharya said they would register a complaint from the victim on Saturday.

Shivaji, Dilip and Bajrangi Baba had allegedly bulldozed a house of the Dalit family for Mahayagya (grand Hindu sacrificial ritual), setting up a temporary shelte...