An Indian national was among two persons arrested in Nepal today for illegally operating a call bypass centre from their rented room here, police said.
Vivek Shukla, 24, a resident of Madhya Pradesh and Nepali local Lal Bahadur Magarati, 25, were arrested from a guest house in Kathmandu, they said.
The police have also seized various communication equipment from the arrested duo.
They were operating illegally BOIP service from their rented room in Kathmandu, causing a huge loss to state-run Nepal Telecom, police said.
The police have initiated an investigation into the matter.
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