Kathmandu, Nepal, February 2, 2023: Arun Kumar Chaudhary, a Member of House of Representatives (HoR) belonging to the Nagarik Unmukti Party (NUP) has been arrested from Banke on Thursday.
A team of Nepal police deployed from the District Police Office, Banke, arrested Chaudhary on Thursday afternoon. Chaudhary was elected as the HoR member from Kailali Constituency-2 in the last November 20 elections.
Chaudhary was sentenced to prison for setting fire on a tractor from by the District Court of Kailali on April 22, 2013. The court had also ordered to pay Rs Rs 818,423 as compensation to the victims.
However, he is in absconding list of the court after he did not served six-month prison sentence slapped against him by the court. According to police he has also not paid the fined amount as per the order of the court.
