KATHMANDU: Police on Tuesday took into custody nearly two dozen leaders and supporters of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) during a protest in Baluwatar.
Kabindra Burlakoti, the party's Acting General Secretary, said that about nearly two dozen RSP supporters were arrested while engaging in a peaceful demonstration in Baluwatar, Kathmandu, on Tuesday.
The protest, which began today, was organized to oppose political retribution, injustice, hardship, and corruption.
According to Burlakoti, those arrested included RSP Kathmandu District Chairman Pradeep Bista, Lalitpur District Chairman Buddharatna Maharjan, as well as members and supporters Khushiram Kaini, Jairam Nepal, Surendra Awale, Navraj Bhandari, Sahil Prayas, Umesh Lama, Navraj Mudbhari, Dhruv Dhakal, Sabi Khadka, among others.
The RSP has condemned the police's actions as an attempt to disrupt their peaceful protest.
