Former Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey, who is facing detention on the charge of holding secret meetings to thwart the people’s movement, has been admitted to Norvic Hospital, Thapathali, after he was diagnosed with typhoid.
He has been detained by the government since the last 12 days at the Police Battalion at Tripureswor.
According to family sources, Pandey had just recovered from typhoid when he was arrested.
The government arrested Minister Pandey along with four other former ministers of the royal government using the same Public Security Act (PSA) used against pro-democracy activists in the past.
Various rights organizations have expressed concern over the ‘misuse’ of PSA by the government.
Earlier, issuing a press statement from detention, former minister Pandey refuted the allegations made by Finance Minister Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat that he had made any unnecessary expenses from the state coffer.
The government arrested Pandey along with former ministers Kamal Thapa, Tanka Dhakal, state minister Shrish Shumsher Rana and assistant minister Niksha Shumsher Rana on the charge of holding secret meetings aimed at thwarting the people’s movement.