Kathmandu, September 25 — The Kathmandu District Court has granted police permission to keep medical professional Durga Prasain in custody for an additional five days for investigation. Previously, the court had allowed a three-day detention for the investigation under the Electronic Transactions Act of 2008.
Prasai, who was arrested on September 22, was presented in court on Wednesday by the Cyber Bureau, which requested seven days for further investigation.
A complaint has been filed against him for allegedly defaming character of people on the YouTube channel "Desh Duniya Khabar" and other channels. The operator, Jiwan Pandey, and presenter,...