Hundreds of police vehicles were also burned and destroyed during the protests.
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On Bhadra 24, protesters vandalized, looted, and set fire to 97 police offices in Kathmandu. Hundreds of police vehicles were also burned and destroyed during the protests.
Due to this, the police also lacked vehicles to keep the defendants and transport them to the court.
After this situation, the Kathmandu Police Office started the process of extending the defendant's time through video conferencing. According to Pawan Kumar Bhattarai, Information Officer of the District Police Range Kathmandu, Superintendent of Police (SP) Pawan Kumar Bhattarai, the time limits of 50 defendants have been extended through video conferencing after the Gen-G movement.
'We extended the time limits by connecting the defendants in custody with the court judge through video,' Bhattarai said, 'Using video conferencing technology as an alternative measure has saved manpower, cost and time in an uncomfortable situation.'
According to SSP Ramesh Thapa, Chief of the Kathmandu Police Range, after the Gen-G movement, the extension of time through video conferencing has been given priority due to the lack of necessary materials and the aim of increasing the use of technology.
He reminded that the same time limits were extended through video conferencing during the COVID-19 pandemic and said that the use of technology would continue as needed.
