SIRAHA: Siraha police arrested three fugitives, who were on the run for the past 18 years, on Monday evening.

The District Police Office identified them as Ram Ashish Yadav, Ram Dayal Yadav and Jagadish Yadav of Bishnupur Prem VDC-5 of Siraha district.

The trio were sentenced to a 20-day imprisonment for their involvement in a physical assault by the District Court on December 2, 1998.

The assailants were arrested from their houses, informed DSP Ek Narayan Koirala of the DPO.