The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police had arrested him on Monday on charges of misusing his diplomatic passport. Yadav had been absconding for months. [break]
"We are also probing his alleged involvement in the red passport scam and so arrested him from the court premises," said Ishowari Paudel, spokesperson of the CIAA, adding, "Yadav is now under CIAA custody."
Kathmandu District Court had sought Rs 18,500 in bail from Yadav, who is a lawmaker from the Madhesi People´s Rights Forum (MPRF).
Judge Balkrishna Uprety had ordered Yadav´s release on bail. Subsequently, Yadav posted bail and was released only to be nabbed again instantly by a police team from the CIAA.
A team from the CIB had arrested Yadav from Chhauni, Kathmandu while he was out walking Monday evening.
Police had issued an arrest warrant for Yadav after his diplomatic passport was found being used by one Kedar Paudel in Australia. Going by immigration details provided by the Australian embassy, Paudel hasn´t returned to Nepal.
According to the Passport Act, misuse of passports can incurr up to one year in jail. If convicted, lawmaker Yadav would also lose his seat in the Constituent Assembly (CA). Yadav is the fourth lawmaker to be arrested on the same charge.
Earlier, police had arrested BP Yadav of MPRF-Republican, Gayatri Sah of Nepali Janta Party and Naradmuni Rana of CPN-UML on the same charge and cases against them are sub-judice in court. The CA membership of all three lawmakers has been suspended.
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