KATHMANDU, May 3 : Speaker Dev Raj Ghimire has suspended Laxmi Mahato Koiri, a member of the House of Representatives from the CPN-UML.
Sources at the Parliament Secretariat say Ghimire suspended Koiri after the Nepal Police sent a letter for the second time saying that Koiri is accused of a murder and is on the fugitive list.
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Koiri, a UML leader, was elected to the House of Representatives from Mahottari-1.
Koiri is accused of murdering Armed Police Force ASI Thaman BK on September 11, 2015.
