Eight including Chair Thapa held

Kathmandu: Eight persons, including Chairman of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Nepal, Kamal Thapa, have been arrested from Narayanchaur of Kathmandu.

They were arrested in the course of a demonstration. The Police arrested Chairman Thapa and leaders and cadres of his party, as they breached the restricted area, according to Apil Raj Bohara, spokesperson at Kathmandu Police Sector.

They are currently kept at the Sector, he added. Those arrested are members of the House of Representatives: Dipak Singh, Shila Rana, Rakesh Basnet, Ramchandra Lamichhane, Binod Kapali, and Saroj Timilsina.

The RPP and RPP-Nepal have been demonstrating in the capital city for some days.

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