Dhanusha police have arrested two persons on the charge of black-marketing of cement during the ongoing lockdown to control the Coronavirus (COVID 19) epidemic.

The arrestees are 48-year-old Ram Pratap Sah, Operator of Ananda Enterprises at Janakpur Sub-Metropolitan City-11, and 20-year-old Chanchal Kumar Chaudhary, son of Satyanarayan Chaudhary, Operator of Chandan Iron Store at Janakpur-4.

According to the police, both of them were selling cement at a higher price than the market price.

Police said that the necessary investigation has been carried out by seizing both the cement shops.