Kantipur Media Group Chairman Kailash Sirohia, who was arrested 9 days ago on the instructions of Home Minister Ravi Lamichhane, has been released. The police released Sirohia on appearance bail after the public prosecutor's office agreed that during the investigation, there was no basis to confirm any crime that would result in a violation of citizenship, imprisonment and fine, and that the mistakes made during the issuance of citizenship should be addressed by the administration.

Based on the letter sent by the District Police Office Dhanusha with the approval of the District Public Prosecutor's Office Dhanusha, the Lalitpur Police released Sirohia from custody on Wednesday evening. Police extended the deadline three times saying that the investigation on Sirohia, who was arrested from the head office of Kantipur Media Group in Kathmandu and taken to Dhanusha overnight, was ongoing. However, after seeing only administrative errors in citizenship  He has been released. 

District Public Prosecutor's Office, Dhanusha Associate Prosecutor Sudeep Dangal said that after looking at the facts, evidence and the situation of the matter revealed during the investigation, it was decided to release Sirohia on bail. "There is no basis for confirmation of any crime involving citizenship, imprisonment and fine, and it is seen that the mistakes made during the issuance of citizenship should be addressed by the administration, so we have instructed the police to complete the investigation quickly and submit a report," he told reporters at his office.

Indrajit Prasad Mahato, a member of the Madhesh Province Working Committee of Home Minister Lamichhane's party RSVP, filed a complaint raising questions about Sirohia's citizenship. The arrest was made without preliminary investigation on the claim that the number on the citizenship matched with the citizenship of another person and the signature on Sirohia's citizenship was questioned. After the complaint was made, the investigation was initiated only by arresting the letter and not even once, without the usual enquiry. But since no evidence of guilt was found, he was released directly without even submitting it to the court. Arrested without basic investigation and detained for 9 days, Sirohia has said that he will seek legal remedies against those involved in this plan. 

'I would like to inform that the police administration arrested me and kept me in custody for 9 days without even doing a basic investigation, to find a legal remedy to make everyone involved in this plan accountable,' he said in a statement released on Wednesday evening after his release, 'Also, I am a non-Nepali, I have two/ I would like to give a public challenge to those who are spreading rumors that there are three types of citizenship and that my citizenship is not even signed and dated to prove their claim. I would also like to inform you that I reserve the right to seek legal remedies against individuals and groups who cannot prove their claims.

He has also mentioned that he has no doubt that he was arrested in an effort to weaken the journalism of Kantipur and to harm other media as well. "Again, Kantipur will fulfill its professional duty undisturbed without any provocation, retaliation and compromise. Also, I would like to remind you that I am ready to face any attack that may come while doing fearless journalism," he said. In the

statement, President Sirohia also commented on the citizenship charges against him, his arrest and the style of the police and administration. He said, "Though there were many rumors in the market, basically two charges were made against me. It was an irresponsible act to arrest a service recipient citizen for having to study within the district administration office's own mechanism about the matching of another person's citizenship and my citizenship number. Moreover, I was arrested by the police by suppressing the written opinion given by the district administration office that the citizen should not be prosecuted due to an administrative error regarding the matching of the number in the citizenship. If the citizenship-issuing officer had been called and questioned to find the answer to the question of whose signature, this question would have been resolved immediately. However, instead of looking at the records of the government office and interrogating the officer, the conscious citizen has already got the answer to the question why I was arrested," he said.