Kathmandu. The Nepal Police has made it clear that ‘journalists have been called to the police office’ following the interest of the Prime Minister’s Office. On Friday afternoon, the police arrived in plain clothes and arrested Vishwamani Subedi from Nepal Press.com, Sobraj Baral, Editor of MotivateNews.com and Dhiraj Basnet, Editor-in-Chief of DNA Khabar.
Nepal Police gave an explanation about this on Friday night after widespread criticism from all sides. In recent days, false news and messages against the Nepal Police are constantly being propagated on social networks and media. In response to the concerns of the Prime Minister’s Office regarding the negative feelings of the public about the professionalism of the police, trust in the general public, the relationship between the government and the police organization, investigations, etc. Yes,’ Nepal Police Spokesperson Abi Narayan Kafle said in a notice posted on the official WhatsApp group of Nepal Police that informs journalists at 1:40 on Saturday night, ‘Contemplating this will create a situation where all the people will cooperate to build a safe society.’
But the Prime Minister’s Office has claimed that the Prime Minister, his Secretariat and the Prime Minister’s Office have no involvement in the incident of the journalist’s arrest. “It is made clear that the Hon’ble Prime Minister, his secretariat and the Prime Minister’s Office have no involvement in the incident of the journalist’s arrest and that they have not received any prior information about it,” said a notice issued by Deepa Dahal, the communication expert of Prime Minister Walendra Shah, after the news of the arrest of the journalist.
Even the ruling National Independent Party itself has opposed the move to arrest the journalist. The police said that the Nepal Police will always have a positive attitude towards the press. The information issued by the spokesperson Kafle said, “Nepal Police requests all concerned to always have a positive attitude towards the press, the fourth organ of the state, and to always be committed and determined to the freedom of the press and the safety of the media.”