KATHMANDU: Police on Tuesday arrested two persons on charge of theft.

The suspects have been identified as Suraj Tamang (18) of Tipeni, Sindhupalchok and currently residing at Attarkhel, Jorpati and Bimal Tamang (19) of Sipadole-4, Bhaktapur.

A police team deployed from the Metropolitan Police Circle, Sankhu caught the duo red-handed while they were stealing a wiring machine from an under construction building of the CTVT in Shankarapur-10 yesterday.

Police said that they are looking into the case.