Police Arrest Key Leader of CPN (Bahumat) Amid Election Protests
Ratopati
February 17, 2026
Kathmandu. Dharmendra Bastola, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (Bahumat), has been arrested by the police. SSP Santosh Khadka of the Valley Crime Investigation Office told Ratopati that he was arrested from Sundhara on Tuesday.
Along with Bastola, Bishnu Prasad Timsina, the Kavre District Secretary of his party, was also arrested.
CPN (Bahumat) has been protesting against the upcoming elections scheduled for Falgun 21. On Tuesday, CPN (Bahumat) had announced a Nepal bandh (general strike).
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