Court orders additional three-day remand for Mahara

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU: The Kathmandu District Court on Tuesday has ordered additional three days of remand for controversial former speaker of the House
of Representatives, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, over attempt-to-rape allegations. A single bench of justice Deepak Kumar Dahal took the decision
to this effect today after hearing debates from both defendant and plaintiff lawyers, informed court registrar, Ananda Prasad
Shrestha. According to the court decision, Mahara has been remanded into judicial custody for 13 days from the day of his arrest on
October 6
As he has already remained 10 days in custody, he will be detained for three extra days till October 18 for investigations. Senior advocate
Raman Shrestha and other advocates Murari Prasad Sapkota, Bhojraj Acharya, Laxmi Devkota and Chandra Prasad Guragain had pleaded on behalf
of Mahara. Mahara was unable to furnish his statement in the court due to health problems
He had been admitted to Norvic International Hospital in Thapathali after complaining of respiratory-related ailments on October 10. Mahara
was arrested from the Speaker official residence in Baluwatar following the district court permission to take him into custody to
investigate attempt-to-rape charges levelled at him. Former speaker of the House of Representatives, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, (C) leaves the
Kathmandu District Court after giving his statement following accusation by a female government employee who accused him of rape in
Kathmandu, Nepal on Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT Former speaker of the House of Representatives, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, (C) leaves the Kathmandu District Court
after giving his statement following accusation by a female government employee who accused him of rape in Kathmandu, Nepal on Tuesday,
October 15, 2019
Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT Former speaker of the House of Representatives, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, (C) leaves the Kathmandu District Court
after giving his statement following accusation by a female government employee who accused him of rape in Kathmandu, Nepal on Tuesday,
October 15, 2019
Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT Krishna Bahadur Mahara (C) who resigned from his post as a speaker of the House of Representatives in Nepal
parliament after an accusation made by a female parliament employee that he raped her, returns from a court in Kathmandu, Nepal October 15,
2019
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