Gangtok, July 22 -- Sikkim Police on Tuesday night arrested two men, Mahesh Rai and Albert Gurung, in connection with the alleged alteration and circulation of an internal official communication that falsely projected a routine accounting adjustment as a shortage of funds for payment of government salaries.

According to a press release issued by the Crime Branch-CID, Police Headquarters, the two accused were arrested at 9:26 pm on July 21 within Pakyong district jurisdiction, in execution of Non-Bailable Warrants issued by the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gangtok. Mahesh Rai is a resident of Lower Polok, Borong, Ravangla, in Namchi district, while Albert Gurung hails from Chujachen, Rongli, in Pakyong district.

The arrests we...