Some three dozen leaders and activists of the seven-party alliance who were arrested from different protest rallies in the Kathmandu Valley were released on Wednesday.

The leaders and activists released from various detention centres include leaders Rudra Mani Sharma, Sitaram Tamang, Duryodhan Singh, Govind Pudasaini. Similarly, student leaders Bijay Rai, Bhupendra Thapa, Bhim Srish, Ganesh Gurung, Tika Bhatt, Gopal Chettri, Gopal K.C, Ganesh Limbu, Shyam Sunder Basnet and Pradeep Pudasaini were also released.

Even as the government has been periodically freeing the opposition leaders, there are still dozens of detainees including some senior leaders in security custodies.