KATHMANDU, March 20 -- Police have arrested four commanders of Netra Bikram Chand-led Nepal Communist Party from Kavre.

A squad of police deployed from Metropolitan Police Crime Division Kathmandu arrested four commanders namely Shiva Dhital (Jhapa), Nripa Bahadur BK (Dang), Dikendra Rai (Bhojpur) and Bishal Tamang (Sindhupalchowk) during their raid in the district.

It is learnt that the arrested were brought to Kathmandu Tuesday night and subsequently kept into custody.

The four commanders were arrested following police and cadres of the Chand-led NCP exchanged gunfire at Roshi Rural Municipality in Kavre on Tuesday evening.

Police opened fire to retaliate in self-defense after the NCP cadres started firing at the team, according to ...