Nepal, July 10 -- Sarlahi farmer brothers Nagendra Prasad Singh, 60, and Suresh Prasad Singh, 55, were on their way back from India's Sonbarsa market in Sitamarhi district on July 1 after buying chemical fertiliser when they were stopped and arrested by a team from India's Department of Agriculture and India's Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).

Their alleged offence: fertiliser smuggling.

The brothers were handed over to Sonbarsa police and are now being held at Dumra prison in Sitamarhi district. A court in Dumra has said their hearing will proceed only after it receives documents from the Sonbarsa police station.

"Officials had called us, saying they could be released on bail on Thursday. But we were told the hearing would only take place th...