KDAO warned against defiance Kathmandu july 13-Saying the Kathamndu District Administration Office (KDAO) defied its order while furnishing details in regard to a habeas corpus, the Supreme Court (SC) has sought clarification from Sushil Ghimire, Chief District Officer (CDO) of Kathamndu, within 24 hours. “Clarify why action should not be taken against officials who have been defying orders of the apex court,” stated the SC letter dispatched to the KDAO on Tuesday. On June 15, the SC had questioned KDAO’s process to prosecute a Maoist suspect Chin Bahadur Gurung. SC has alleged the KDAO of violating Article 95 of the constitution by not furnishing the details as demanded by the SC in connection with a habeas corpus seeking the release of Gurung. Producing details on Gurung, the KDAO had claimed that he had been taken under preventive detention on charge of his involvement in terrorist activities

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