Kavre, October 1:

Police arrested 10 youths on the charge of manhandling policemen who were patrolling at Zero Kilo Bazaar in Kavre district yesterday.

Area Police Office, Panchkhal, said local youths had manhandled ASI Kuamr Thapa, head constable Ghanashyam Shrestha and policeman Sitaram Sitaula.

Narayan Gopal Dhaubhadel, Jaya Krishna Shrestha, Padam Shrestha, Sri Dhaubhadel, Rishikesh Shrestha, Chandra Kumar Shrestha, Ramesh Kuamr Shrestha, Ramesh Shrestha, Pratap Lama and Hari Kumar Thakuri of Lamidanda of Panchkhal VDC-6 and Krishna Giri of Palchock VDC-2 of Sindhupalchock have been arrested, police said.

The youths had tried to bar the police team from patrolling.