KATHMANDU: The Patan High Court’s Hetauda bench has ordered the continued detention of Kali Bahadur Kham for trial in a murder case.

KATHMANDU, April 5: The District Court, Chitwan, has ordered Kali Bahadur Kham, a former division commander of the then Maoist combatants, to custody.

KATHMANDU, April 2: Kali Bahadur Kham, a leader of the CPN (Maoist Center), has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the kidnapping and murder of businessman Ram Hari Shrestha from Koteshwar two years after the then Maoist rebels signed the Comprehensive Peace Accord. He had been absconding for 15 years after the murder and was finally arrested by a team from the District Police Range, Kathmandu. A senior officer confirmed Kham’s arrest.