Kathmandu. Prime Minister Balen Shah has expressed interest in the incident of arresting a journalist after entering the newsroom.
Prime Minister Shah has instructed the relevant agencies to immediately release the detained journalists and not to enter the newsroom and arrest them in any way.
Deepa Dahal, the Prime Minister’s press expert, clarified on Friday through social media that the Prime Minister, his secretariat and the Prime Minister’s Office had no prior information about the journalist’s arrest.
According to him, as soon as he got information about the incident, Prime Minister Shah ordered the release of the journalist immediately. In addition, she said that the relevant agencies have been given clear instructions not to enter the media’s newsroom and make arrests.
Police have arrested three journalists so far. Among those arrested are Nepal Press.com journalist Bishwamani Subedi, DNA Khabar Editor-in-Chief Dhiraj Basnet and Motivate News Editor-in-Chief Shobraj Baral.
Similarly, police are looking for Deopost.com editor-in-chief Sudeep Vishwakarma, editor Rita Budhathoki and Naya Patrika journalist Navraj Mainali.