KATHMANDU, June 20: Police have arrested a landlady who refused to rent out a room in her house to Rupa Sunar saying the latter belonged to a lower caste. Saraswati Pradhan of Babarmahal, Kathmandu Metropolitan City, was arrested by the Metropolitan Police Circle Singha Durbar today, said Superintendent of Police, Ramesh Basnet.
Rupa Sunar who is also a journalist by profession had lodged a complaint against landlady Pradhan at the Metropolitan Police Circle Singha Durbar on Thursday. She had lodged a complaint with the police against the discrimination she faced in the presence of human rights activists, journalists and legal practitioners under the Caste-Based Discrimination and Untouchability (Offence and Punishment) Act, 2011.
Landlady arrested for refusing to rent out room to journalist c...
Rupa said that she was also called to the police station after the police arrested the landlady.
