KANCHANPUR: Journalist Khem Bhandari has been arrested in Kanchanpur as part of the enforcement of a court ruling.
A team from the District Police Office, Kanchanpur, arrested Bhandari from Bhimdatta Municipality-18 at around 7 AM on Thursday.
Police said the arrest was made to implement a court verdict against him.
According to the police, the court had earlier sentenced Bhandari to one month in prison and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 in a defamation case in March. Later, the High Court added an additional seven days of imprisonment and a fine of Rs 2,000.
He was taken into custody to execute the final court decision, police confirmed.
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