July 27: An Indian national has been arrested on the charged of being involved in a bank robbery.    
The accused has been identified as Ajay Kumar Safi, 20, of Bihar. He was one of the members of a group that allegedly robbed NMB Bank’s branch in Mahottari Rural Municipality-2 on May 30 and made away with Rs 1.5 million.    
He was apprehended on Wednesday evening from the Nepal-India border at Matihani-8, confirmed Deputy Superintendent of Police Dilip Kumar Giri, the spokesperson for the District Police Office, Mahottari.     
A masked gang of four to five men who arrived at the bank on stolen motorcycles robbed the bank about two months ago by taking bank employees and customers hostage.    
Since the day of the crime took place, police had been searching for the gang with the help of technology as well as specialized agency of Nepal Police and cross-border coordination with the Indian police.    
Furthermore, police have also identified the other accused in the crime and are intensely searching for them. Police hope that they will be arrested soon, said Inspector Prakash Malla. -- RSS