SAPTARI: Police have arrested 14 Indian nationals who entered Nepal during lockdown from Hanumannagar Kankalini Municipality-1, Bhardaha on Thursday.

Locals had spotted the Indian national sleeping under a tree on Wednesday night and soon informed the ward Chairman.

Ward Chairman of Krishna Sawaran Rural Municipality-6 Tej Narayan Yadav said that he had requested the Indian nationals to stay at a quarantine which they refused.

Al those arrested are from Araria district in the Indian state of Bihar.