December 18, 2001
KATHMANDU: Publisher of popular vernacular weekly newspaper ” Deshantar” Bandhu Thapa was released Monday barely 12 hours after his arrest for interrogation Tuesday evening, friends and relatives said.
Publisher and editor of weekly newspaper ” Sanghu” Gopal Budhatkohi was also released together with Thapa. The main opposition UML had pressed for their release.
Pradip Nepal and Subash Newang, UML members of parliament met Minister for Communications Jayaprakash Prasad Gupta to lobby for their release.