Nepal: Two top oppn leaders freed

Kathmandu: Nepal's royal government on Saturday freed two senior Opposition leaders who were arrested a day earlier, the Communist Party of Nepal said.

Jhala Nath Khanal and Bamdev Gautam, both of the Communist Party of Nepal, were freed and driven to the party office Saturday, the party said in a statement.

They were arrested at airports as they returned to Kathmandu from New Delhi on Friday.