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CPN UML Genral Secretary Nepal Arrested |
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Written by www.democraticnepal.com
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Thursday, 23 March 2006 |
Madhav Kumar Nepal, CPN UML General Secretary has been arrested by Armed Police Force this afternoon at 15:30. He has been handed 3 months detention letter and taken to Armed Police Force basecamp at Kakani, Nuwakot.
Police Raids Houses of UML General Secretary's Brothers
Kathmandu/March 23
A group of Armed Police has raided the houses of CPN (UML) General Secreatary Madhav Kumar Nepal's two brothers at Koteshwar on March 23, at around 7:00 am.
The adjoining houses of kin brothers of General Secretary Nepal were raided by a group of 50 police persons under the command of APF SP.
Houses of Saroj Kumar Upadhaya and Binod Kumar Upadhaya were raided and all the communication gadgets including three computers and five telephones sets were taken away. At least 15 police forcefully entered the houses and searched there for four hours. Nepal's brother duo refused to sign the affidavit.
General Secretary Nepal has asked the cadres to sue case against government for this "barbaric act".
Meanwhile, Madhav Kumar Nepal has been visited today by the representatives of ICRC, NHRC and OHCHR. However, national human rights organizations were not given access.
Earlier, security persons had raided the house of UML General Secretary Nepal on March 22. They had forcibly taken away the computer, telephone and cordless sets from there.
(www.inseconline.org)
Meanwhile, Kantipur Online reports that the government today returned the communication devices seized from the residence of UML general secretary Nepal at Koteshwor, Kathmandu yesterday.
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