Nepal Police arrested several e-commerce entrepreneurs, including more than 20 delivery persons, yesterday, stating that home delivery services were against prohibitory orders issued by the District Administration Office, Kathmandu, on August 26. The orders, which were first issued on August 19, will remain in force till September 2.

Staff of a Kathmandu-based restaurant detained by Nepal Police at Durbar Marg, in Kathmandu, on Thursday, August 27, 2020. Photo courtesy: Alok Yonzan

During this period, several e-commerce companies had been providing home delivery services of household stuff, food items, vegetables and medicines, among other goods. Besides arresting delivery persons, police also took the respective company’s operators under control.

“A police van arrived at my place at around 4:00 pm and police personnel asked me to accompany them, stating that our company had conducted home delivery services, violating the law,” said Samita Ojha, founder of Sasto Mela. “First they held our delivery boy and then they came to arrest me.

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