Journalist Rajendra Adhikari, a permanent resident of Pokhara Municipal Corporation-7 was arrested on February 2 for allegedly behaving indecently towards journalist Ram Krishna Gyawali of Gulmi District.

Gyawali, the editor of Samadhan magazine and central member of the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ), Kaski, was manhandled by the accused, who is also the former president of the Federation of Nepali Journalists, Kaski, on January 31 while walking near Tulsighat in Pokhara Municipal Corporation-9.