Nepal’s former House speaker arrested over rape allegations
Police have arrested the former speaker of Nepal's parliament after a female employee in the assembly accused him of rape. A police van arrived at Krishna Bahadur Mahara's residence late Sunday and took him into custody after the district court ordered his arrest. "He was taken into custody yesterday to investigate the case," Shyam Lal Gyawali, Kathmandu police spokesman told AFP. Mahara, a senior member of the ruling Nepal Communist Party and former Maoist rebel, denied the allegation but stepped down as speaker last week after the woman gave details of the assault to media.
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