Police arrest CPN (Maoist Centre) leader Kali Bahadur Kham

Kathmandu: The ruling coalition party CPN (Maoist Centre) leader Kali Bahadur Kham has been arrested.

The team of District Police Range, Kathmandu arrested Kham on Tuesday. Kham, who is a member of Maoist’s National Security Department is accused in the murder of Koteshwor’s businessperson Ramhari Shrestha, after Shrestha's abduction.

Kham is accused of abducting Shrestha from Kathmandu on 27 April, 2008 (Baishakh 15, 2065), and murdered him at Shaktikhor, Chitwan. He had been absconding for a long time, in the murder case of Shrestha.