Nepal: Police arrested medical entrepreneur Durga Prasain from Chalnakhel in Kathmandu on Friday while he was travelling to Birgunj.
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| source: Durga Prasain facebook |
Kathmandu police said Prasain
was detained as he was heading to Birgunj to attend a programme. Preparations
are underway to hand him over to the Cyber Bureau for further investigation.
Prasain, who leads the
‘Nation, nationality, religion, culture and citizens’ grand campaign’, had
planned to hold a programme in Birgunj, but the local administration had not
granted permission.
Only on Thursday, campaign
Janakpur coordinator Vijay Thapa had said that the programme, in which Prasain
was scheduled to address, was being planned as a “massive citizens’ assembly”.
Earlier, on January 19,
police in Pokhara had also taken Prasain into custody following a request from
the Election Commission.
The arrest followed
allegations that Prasain spread misleading information undermining the
credibility of the Election Commission.
