KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 11
The Dahal-Nepal faction of ruling Nepal Communist Party has demanded the immediate release of leader Ram Kumari Jhakri, who was arrested earlier today.
Jhakri, who was summoned by Nepal Police to question her in connection to her recent comments on President Bidya Devi Bhandari was taken into custody later.
The faction, claiming that the state is being vindictive by charging her for crime against the state for a political statement, condemned her arrest while demanding that she be immediately released.
Ram Kumari Jhakri has been reportedly summoned by Nepal Police to question her in connection to her recent comments on President Bidya Devi Bhandari, on Thursday.
Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa had pledged to ask the chief of Nepal Police to take Jhakri into custody.
However, Jhakri had, in Wednesdays mass gathering of Dahal-Nepal faction in Bhrikutimandap, appeared on the stage with her mouth taped in protest and said, "We are allowed to speak".
