According to the police, the RPP leaders were arrested after breaking the prohibited area and protesting inside the Singhdabar.

RPP President Rajendra Lingden, Senior Vice President Budhishan Tamang, Chief Whip Gyanendra Shahi, who entered the Singh Darbar, came out of the parliamentary office and demonstrated. "After trying to distribute pamphlets and shouting slogans, we took them under control,"  Apil Bohora, spokesperson of the Kathmandu police complex, told Kantipur.

According to him, the three arrested leaders, Lingden, Tamang and Shahi, were to be  The police complex is placed in Bhadrakali. RPP has continued its demonstration in Baneshwar-Bijulibazar area.