Medical Entrepreneur Durga Prasai Released on Personal Bond After Arrest
Kathmandu. Medical entrepreneur Durga Prasai has been released. He was arrested by the police from Chhalkhel on Friday. The District Government Attorney's Office decided to release him on personal bond.
He was released on 'personal bond' according to the decision of the District Government Attorney's Office, SP Deepak Raj Awasthi of the Cyber Bureau told Ratopati.
Prasai, the coordinator of the Campaign to Save the Nation, Nationality, Religion, Culture, and Citizens, was released after spending two days in custody.
The police's Cyber Bureau used his statements regarding the election as the 'basis' for investigation. Prasai is accused of violating the election code of conduct through electronic means.
It has been revealed that Prasai met with CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli before his arrest. According to a high-ranking security official, Prasai and Oli met in Bhaktapur on Magh 22. After meeting Oli, Prasai was heading to Parsa to hold a program in Birgunj.
Security agencies briefed interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki based on intelligence that Prasai was about to start a campaign to disrupt the elections scheduled for Falgun 21 after holding a program in Birgunj. A high-ranking official of the Nepal Police says, 'After that, the decision was made to arrest Prasai.'
UML Chairman Oli is a candidate for the House of Representatives from Jhapa-5. He is competing against senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) and former Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Balendra Shah (Balen).
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