An armed group of Sasastra Seema Bal (SSB), Indian paramilitary force, deployed along the Nepal-India border, arrested four Nepalis and took them to India from Dhodhari VDC recently, reports said.

According to reports, Tikaram Tharu, chairman of a local Samjhana Forest Users’ Group, former secretary of the group Dhrubadev Puri, Lautan Tharu, Kamal Tharu and Krishna Tharu, were taken to India while they were collecting timber in their forest area.

According to sources, the four were sent to district prison in Baharaich in India on charges of smuggling timber from the Indian forest. When contacted, Chief District Officer, Bimal Prasad Dhakal, however, denied having information about the case.

India has been deploying SSB along Nepal India open border to check infiltration of terrorists in border areas.