KATHMANDU: Police have arrested Nirajan Bam, a leader of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), for burning photo of CPN-Maoist Center Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) in Hetauda on Saturday.

Bam was arrested by police from Chitwan. This incident occurred during the RPP’s youth organization conference in Makwanpur district, where Bam and others raised slogans against Prachanda and the republic before burning his photo.

RPP central leader and MP Deepak Bahadur Singh also participated in the program.