ITAHARI: The Sunsari Police arrested 11 cadres of the UCPN-Maoist Kochila state committee on Tuesday.

The arrested cadres include secretary of the committee Mohan Timalsina, area in-charge Nabin Subba and secretary Upendra Ghimire among others.

Police charged them for their involvement in the abduction of Pasang Sherpa, a businessman of Sankhuwashabha.

However, the Maoists denied their involvement in the incident.