KATHMANDU: The Kathmandu District Court has granted police permission to keep senior journalist Kishor Shrestha in custody for three days for investigation.
Shrestha was arrested from Lalitpur late Wednesday night on charges of violating the right to privacy.
A bench of Judge Umesh Prasad Luitel granted the three-day remand order following a hearing that lasted from Thursday afternoon until late afternoon.
Police presented Shrestha before the court for the remand extension after taking him to the government attorney’s office. He was brought before the court only after 4 pm on Thursday.
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