KATHMANDU: Campaigner Durga Prasai’s bodyguards have been arrested inside the Supreme Court (SC) premises with a pistol.

Police reported the arrest of two individuals, among them Deepak Khadka, with a pistol in their possession.

Khadka, one of the detainees, hails from Buddhashanti Rural Municipality-3 in Jhapa.

Prasai made his way to the Supreme Court today to attend a hearing, arriving in a vehicle.