MAHOTTARI, July 3: Police have arrested the leader of the CPN-UML and former member of the House of Representatives, Laxmi Mahato Koiri. A resident of Gaushala-2 in Mahottari, he was arrested from the UML party office premises in Gaushala-5 on Thursday evening.
Koiri was arrested after the Janakpurdham High Court on Wednesday sentenced him to five years in prison in the case of the murder of Armed Police Assistant Sub-Inspector Thaman BK.
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Spokesperson of the District Police Office, Mahottari, Deputy Superintendent of Police Panchalal Gole confirmed that Koiri was arrested in accordance with the court's decision.
Earlier, Koiri was acquitted in the same case by the Mahottari District Court. While the case was sub judice in the court, Koiri, who was elected from Mahottari-1 from the CPN (UML) in the 2079 BS House of Representatives election, was also a candidate in the last March 5 general elections. However, he was defeated.
Following the arrest, Koiri was taken to the district headquarters, Jaleshwor. Armed Police Force personnel BK was brutally beaten on the streets of Jaleshwor during the Madhesh movement in 2015 and was killed while he was being taken to Janakpur in an ambulance after receiving initial treatment in Jaleshwor for further treatment.
