Police on February 5 arrested 21-year-old Saroj Kumar Mahara and 24-year-old Mithilesh Mahara of Mirchaiya Municipality-1 on the charge of sexually abusing two teen girls aged 15 and 13 years old.  Police arrested them on the basis of a complaint filed by the girl's family on October 19 2019 at Area Police Office Mirchaiya. In the complaint the girls' family accused the two youths of sexually abusing the girls on October 11.

According to DSP Santulal Prashad Jaisawar of APO Mirchaiya, police have remanded custody of the arrested youths through the order of the district court on February 6.

The victims had undergone medical examination at Siraha district hospital.