The personal interest of the Home Minister seems to prevail in the treatment of Sirohia: UML leader Rizal

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UML central member Vishnu Rizal has said that revenge was taken against Kailash Sirohia, president of Kantipur Media Group, for the personal interest of Home Minister Ravi Lamichhane. Reacting on the social network X on Wednesday morning, leader Rizal said that the state has no license to take revenge and provoke.

The personal interest of the Home Minister seems to prevail in the treatment of Sirohia: UML leader Rizal

He said that the personal interest of Home Minister Lamichhane was affected by the arrest of President Sirohia. Leader Rizal has written, 'The state is not allowed to take revenge and provoke . Kailash Sirohia's behavior seems to be dominated by the personal interest of the Home Minister. The judicial decision may be in its own way, but the provocative and vindictive behavior of the home administration has raised questions about the image of the entire government.'

The state is not allowed to retaliate and provoke . The way Kailash Sirohia has been treated seems to be dominated by the personal interest of the Home Minister. The judicial decision may be in its own way, but the provocative and vindictive behavior of the home administration has raised questions on the image of the entire government.
— Bishnu Rijal (@bishnurijal1) May 22, 2024

Kantipur Media Group President Sirohia was arrested from the office on Tuesday on the pretext that the citizenship number given by the district administration matched with another person.

The police team reached the eighth floor office of the Kantipur office to arrest President Sirohia while he was at work trampling on the democratic practice of not allowing security agencies of the state to enter the office of the independent press. A team including SSP Sanukumar Bhattarai and SP Ravindra Regmi of the Valley Crime Investigation Office Kathmandu entered the working room with police officers including Bardi.

On Tuesday in Kantipur, Gorkha Media published news under the title of embezzlement of 958.1 million rupees by four cooperatives, during the period when Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Ravi Lamichhane was the managing director of the company, 803.1 million rupees were received from cooperatives in Gorkha Media. A large number of police were mobilized in the Kantipur office complex and Thapathali road from early morning.

Sirohia was taken away by Bardidhari police in the presence of journalists' federation, media society, lawyers, civil leaders, parliamentarians, various media publishers and journalists at the Kantipur office complex.