Incident Reports

3 including Kathmandu district secretary of Biplov-led group arrested

2021-01-06

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Kathmandu

Police in Kathmandu has arrested three district leaders of the Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplav’-led group on Tuesday evening. 

The arrestees have been identified as the party’s Kathmandu district secretary Bhimsen Ghimire aka Bipin, district members Hari Bahadur Chand, and Birendra Shahi. Police also confiscated some ‘significant’ party documents from their possession. 

Citing its activities amounted to terrorism, the government has banned the party since March 2019. A team deployed from the special bureau of Nepal Police and the Metropolitan Police Office had arrested them. 

DSP Pramish Bista says the Metropolitan Police Range has launched an investigation against them. They have already been remanded in custody for the probe.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Arrest (politically significant)
Primary Cause Other political issues
Actor 1 - Number of people 3
Actor 1 - Affiliations CPN (Chand) and affiliated org
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Government and civil servants at central level
Actor 2 - Youth na
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