KATHMANDU: Naresh Bahadur Thapa, Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa’s younger brother, who had surrendered to the Patan High Court around a week ago, is in police custody at Dillibazaar Prison. A high-level source at the prison said, “Thapa was brought to the prison by police officials with a letter from the court around a week ago.” He is accused of having possible links to an extortion racket being run by gangster Samirman Singh Basnet from behind bars. Naresh was arrested on September 8, but he was released on Rs 1 lakh bail later. In the first week of February, the high court sent Thapa to judicial custody until final verdict in the case.