It has emerged that the students who threw color at CPN-UML leader Mahesh Basnet are students affiliated with the Nepali Congress.
On Sunday morning, two youths threw red color at a vehicle carrying Basnet on Airport Road in Biratnagar.
The youths who carried out the act are Sanjog Gautam and Arpit Kunwar. According to police sources, both are students close to the Nepali Congress.
Police have detained both of them and are discussing whether to request an extension of their custody for further investigation.