Kathmandu court releases house owner arrested on the caste discrimination charge

Kathmandu, June 23

The Kathmandu District Court has released Saraswati Pradhan, a local of Babarmahal in Kathmandu, who was arrested on Sunday on the charge of denying a Dalit woman a flat and hence committing an act of caste discrimination.

Following the court order, police released her on Wednesday.

She is accused of refusing to let journalist Rupa Sunar rent a flat of her house due to her caste. Sunar had filed a complaint against her at the Metropolitan Police Circle, Singhadarbar.

Consequently, police had filed a case against her as per the Caste-Based Discrimination and Untouchability (Offence and Punishment) Act, 2011.

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