NCP leader Govinda Adhikari arrested over social media posts against PM and home minister

Govinda Adhikari, a leader of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) from Kaski, has been arrested. He was arrested on charges of spreading false and misleading information through social media.

Adhikari had been writing Facebook statuses against Prime Minister Balen Shah and Home Minister Sudan Gurung. According to Ratopati, he was arrested on charges of posting a fake video of the home minister.

He was arrested in Kaski and taken to Gorkha.