Nepali Congress (NC) senior leader Ramchandra Poudel, who reached Tanahun district to inaugurate a motorable bridge in Byas Municipality, has been taken into police custody.

Nepali Congress leader Ramchandra Poudel addressing a press conference organised by Nepal Press Union, Damauli, in Tanahun, district, on Wednesday, December 2, 2020. Photo: RSS

He was arrested while attending a function organised to inaugurate a bridge along Dumsichaur road, over Buldikhola.

Police also arrested Nepali Congress Tanahun acting president Jeet Prakash Ale long with Poudel. It has been learnt that the main opposition leaders were arrested on the order issued by Tanahun’s Chief District Officer (CDO) Sagar Adhikari.

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