KATHMANDU: Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Kumud Dhungel facing charges of association with a robber has released on a general date on Tuesday.

The Kathmandu District Court has ordered the release of DSP Dhungel on the general date.

A single bench of Judge Komal Prasad Acharya made the order.

DSP Dhungel, the then In-charge of the Chandranigahapur Area Police Office, was suspended after he was found to have a connection with a criminal arrested in a robbery case.