Siraha Mayor's mobile phone switched off after arrest warrant issued, police say - 'Suspected of escape'

”We are approaching the possible location of his whereabouts, and it appears he has changed his location in the meantime,” said a police officer involved in the search. ”We have been searching, but it is fortunate that he escaped.”

Chaitra 26, 2082

Binaya Ajad

Siraha Mayor's mobile phone switched off after arrest warrant issued, police say - 'Suspected of escape'

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Siraha Municipality Mayor Navin Kumar Yadav has switched off his mobile phone after an arrest warrant was issued against him. He has switched off his mobile phone after an arrest warrant was issued for assaulting an office assistant working in the municipality.

Mayor Yadav had abused and beaten office assistant Ram Sharan Yadav, 50, with a punch and a kick while he was attending his office at 9 am on Monday. In this incident, the police registered a case of indecent behavior and issued an arrest warrant against him on Thursday.

Chief Superintendent of Police of the District Police Office, Siraha, Vasudev Pathak said that a search operation is underway for him after the arrest warrant was issued. However, he said that the police have not yet been able to take him under control.

He had kept his mobile phone on till Thursday afternoon and has been turning it off since evening. 'We are reaching the possible place where he may be, in the meantime it seems that he has changed his place.' There is also a suspicion that he has fled to India,' said a police officer involved in the search, 'We are searching for him, he is lucky that he escaped.'

Rohit Mestar, a municipal employee involved in the same incident, is under police control. He has been detained at the District Police Office, Siraha. Ram Sharan, who was injured in the beating, is being treated in Biratnagar.

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