Kathmandu, April 12
Nepali businessman Durga Prasai will be charged with sedition and organised crime as the Kathmandu District Court remanded him to 12 days in custody for his alleged involvement in the violent pro-monarchy protest in Tinkune on March 28, according to police officials.
The district attorneys preparing the case against Prasai on Friday stated that additional charges may be filed with the progress of the investigation.
The police are preparing to file charges against him for sedition, organised crime, criminal mischief, attempted murder, vandalism of public and private property, and arson, local media reports stated.
Earlier, Prasai was apprehended in India before being brought to Kathmandu through the Kakarbhitta border point. His bodyguard, Deepak Khadka, who was arrested along with him, has also been remanded for the same period.
Prasai was tracked down in Assam, India, on Thursday by a team of Nepal Police's special cell and brought to Jhapa on Friday, according to a report by the leading Nepali newspaper, The Kathmandu Post.
"With the support of Indian police, we were able to locate and bring him back," said a senior police officer.
However, Prasai supporters claimed that he had surrendered to the Indian Police after being guaranteed safety. Reports suggest that the Assam Police brought him to the border area and handed him over to the Nepal Police.