South Asian News Network

Mahendranagar, July 2: The Kanchanpur police today arrested journalist Khem Bhandari from Mahendranagar in connection with implementing a court decision. Spokesperson of the District Police Office, Deputy Superintendent of Police Tek Bahadur Rawat, said that journalist Bhandari was arrested and brought to the Kanchanpur District Court during the implementation of the court’s verdict. “In the case of libel and defamation, Bhandari was sentenced to one month and seven days in prison, fined Rs 12,100, and ordered to pay Rs 100,000 in compensation to the victim. We have now completed Bhandari’s health check and produced him in court,” spokesperson Rawat said. The police arrested Bhandari from Katan, Bhimdatta Municipality-18. There was a defamation case filed against him regarding the Nirmala Panta murder case. The Kanchanpur District Court had convicted Bhandari guilty in May last year. —