Kathmandu. Two persons have been arrested for cheating farmers of Rs 5.80 crore on the pretext of arranging agricultural grants. Two persons have been arrested for cheating farmers on the pretext of providing subsidized grants for agricultural farms.

The arrestees have been identified as Shree Krishna Maha rjan of Kathmandu Metropolitan City-13 and Prem Narayan Khanal of Lalitpur Metropolitan City-14 .

They were arrested by a team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) (CIB) of {{}police. The CIB said that they had repeatedly cheated the amount (5 crore 80 lakhs on the pretext of providing grants.

According to the CIB, They had cheated the employees of various ministries in Singha Durbar and they knew and would easily get the grant. The police said that further investigation is underway against the two arrested and .