Regal Dhakal arrested in Nepalgunj

KATHMANDU: Police have arrested Yograj Dhakal aka Regal Dhakal from Nepalgunj.

Police arrested Dhakal from his residence in Nepalgunj-4 at around 4:30 pm, a source at Banke Police told Himal Press.

Dhakal, a leader of Nepal Tarun Dal – the youth wing of the Nepali Congress, was convicted of the murder of Chetan Manandhar in 2015. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Banke District Court in April 2018. President Ram Chandra Paudel pardoned Dhakal’s prison sentence on the recommendation of the cabinet on the occasion of Constitution Day on September 19.

The Supreme Court earlier in the day overturned the presidential pardon for Dhakal acting on a writ petition filed by Chetan’s wife Bharati Manandhar.

Bharati had filed a writ petition at the apex court in the first week of October, contesting the government’s decision to pardon Dhakal’s sentence