Mahendranagar: Police have confiscated old temple bells weighing over six quintals from Mahendranagar bazaar in Kanchanpur district.
A team from the district police office raided the godown belonging to a businessperson Padam Thakurathi in Mahendranagar bazaar and seized the bells, said Police Inspector Lal Bahadur Bam.
The police have also held two persons employed by Thakurathi to shine the bells and the equipment in this process.
The arrestees have been identified as Padak Koli of Bhimdatta Municipality-15 and Dhaniram Tamata of Baitadi district.
Investigations were underway, he said, adding that Thakurathi and office bearers of the Siddha Baijanath temple working committee would be called for investigations.
Thakurathi, however, claimed that he had purchased the bells auctioned by the committee. RSS
