Kathmandu, Sept 22: Entrepreneur Durga Prasai has been arrested by the Nepal Police on a charge of violation of the Electronic Transaction Act (ETA)-2008.
A squad from the Cyber Bureau of the Nepal Police arrested him from Bhaktapur, according to Bureau Spokesperson and Superintendent of Police, Deepak Raj Awasthi.
A complaint was filed against Prasai at the Bureau under the Electronic Transaction Act. The Bureau took permission from the Kathmandu District Court to arrest him.
The Kathmandu District Court has remanded medical entrepreneur Prasai to custody for three days.
According to Superintendent of Police Deepak Raj Awasthi, spokesperson for the Cyber Bureau of Nepal Police, the court granted granted permission to keep Prasai in custody for three days for investigation.
SP Awasthi said that Prasai’s custody was extended according to Section 47 of the Electronic Transactions Act.
Earlier, a team from the Cyber Bureau arrested Prasai from his residence in Bhaktpur on Sunday afternoon.
On Wednesday, the Kathmandu District Court had issued an arrest warrant against Prasai, Jeevan Pandey and Prakash Chandra Dahal.
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