Police leave Naya Patrika office; Mainali, Pant told to report to Cyber Bureau tomorrow

A Nepal Police team that went to the office of the daily Naya Patrika, saying it would take journalist Nabaraj Mainali into custody, has left the office.

Plainclothes police, who said they had come from the Crime Investigation Office in Teku, reached the newsroom around 5:15 pm on Friday. They stayed at the office premises for about two and a half hours.

The police team verbally instructed journalist Mainali to appear at the Cyber Bureau at 10 am tomorrow. According to Online Khabar, Pant has also been told to appear at the bureau at the same time.

After police arrived at the Naya Patrika office, a team led by Federation of Nepali Journalists General Secretary Ramprasad Dahal also went there.