Syangja, February 22:

Alarmed at the worsenng health of Nepali Congress-Democratic vice-chairman, Gopal Man Shrestha, who is in government detention, his relatives have urged the government to get him treated timely.

Shrestha’s sisters-in-law, Hari Kumari Shrestha and Tika Kumari Shrestha, who live in the ancestral home, issued the appeal today.

Shrestha suffers from infection of the urinary tract and high blood pressure. He is at the armed police force battalion base in Nuwakot since January 19.