KATHMANDU: Senior leader of Nepali Congress (NC) Ram Chandra Poudel, who was arrested in Tanahun today, has been released.
Police had taken Poudel under control on charge of defying the prohibitory orders in his home district, Tanahun.
Soon after his release, he alleged the government for abusing the authority saying that he would go to inaugurate the bridge tomorrow morning.
Chief District Officer Sagar Acharya said Poudel was taken under control as he broke the security cordon.
Police arrested Poudel from Buldi Khola Bridge that was constructed by Byas Municipality.
He had reached there to inaugurate a bridge over Buldi connecting Talghare and Dumsi in Vyas.
However, some cadres of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) organized a motorcycle rally protesting that Poudel should not inaugurate the bridge.
Meanwhile, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba condemned the police highhandedness and arrest of NC senior leader Poudel.
“I condemn the police action,” NC President Deuba said in a statement on Wednesday labelling the arrest an act of totalitarianism.
Likewise, NC cadres held demonstration in Kathmandu protesting Poudel’s arrest this evening.
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