JAJARKOT: As many as 250 rounds of INSAS bullet were seized from four cadres of the Netra Bikram Chand-led CPN Maoist party in Chhedachaur of Jajarkot district on Tuesday.

A police team deployed from a local police post arrested the cadres travelling on a jeep (Ba 2 Jha 1005).

The suspects have been identified as Milan Shahi from Khagenkot-3, Nain Singh Bista from Dandagaun-7, Dirgha Bahadur Nepali from Pajaru-7 and Dharma Raj Devkota from Tatopani-9.

The vehicle belongs to the District Education Office. The driver, Lal Bahadur Khadka, told police that he had let the cadres travel on the vehicle after chief of the DEO allowed him for the same.

The jeep was travelling to Nepalgunj for an official purpose.

Acting chief of the District Police Office, Inspector Hikmat Bohora said police have launched an investigation into the case.

The Communist outfit is yet to comment on the arrest.