Spokesperson of Nepali Congress Krishna Prasad Sitaula was released on Friday following the Supreme Court’s (SC) order.

Spokesperson of Nepali Congress Krishna Prasad Sitaula

Spokesperson of Nepali Congress Krishna Prasad Sitaula
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Acting upon a habeas corpus writ petition filed by advocate Raju Katuwal, a division bench of Justices Arjun Prasad Jha Singh and Parmananda Jha issued the order to release him saying there were not sufficient grounds to detain him.

Police had arrested Nepali Congress (NC) spokesperson, Krishna Sitaula, from his residence Wednesday morning.

On Thursday, a single bench of Justice Badri Kumar Basnet issued the order, asking the authorities to present the NC leader before the SC.

Sitaula was earlier arrested from the domestic wing of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu while he was on his way to the eastern town of Biratnagar on February 10 and released on Monday (Feb 20) following the Supreme Court’s order.