Govt Releases 6 Student Leaders after SC Order

Kathmandu, Aug 9-The government this evening released 6 student leaders after the Supreme Court ordered the government authorities in the afternoon to immediately release them. The student leaders were arrested on July 14 from a protest rally organized by the student unions against the nationalistic education.
The released leaders are; NSU leader Pradip Poudel, ANNFSU leader Thakur Gaire, FSU president of Tri-Chandra Campus Saroj Thapa and NSU activists Narayan Bahadur Bharati, Puspa Kumar Shahi and BP Regmi who were arrested from a rally at Baneshwor on July 14 on the charge of burning the portraits of the royal family.
They were later sent to central jail after they refused to submit Rs 500 bail fixed by the Kathmandu District Administration Office.