Regal turns himself in after Supreme Court’s order

Following the Supreme Court’s decision, Yog Raj Dhakal aka Regal surrendered to police on Thursday.

He turned himself in to the District Police Office, Banke this afternoon.

Soon after the order of the apex court, police were mobilized to arrest Regal. He, however, surrendered to the police, according to a high police source.

Police were mobilized to apprehend Regal after the Supreme Court quashed the decision of the President to pardon his remaining jail terms.

A full bench of Justice Ishwor Prasad Khatiwada, Sapana Malla Pradhan and Kumar Chudal annulled the decision to President Ram Chandra Paudel to grant amnesty to Regal.

Though the hearing against the decision to grant amnesty to Regal was concluded on Wednesday, the decision was announced only today.

On September 19, President Paudel pardoned Regal as per the government’s recommendation on the occasion of Constitution Day.

Against the same decision, Chetan Manandhar’s wife Bharati Sherpa Manandhar filed a writ petition at the apex court demanding the arrest of the Regal again.

The President’s Office, Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Home Ministry, District Administration Office, Banke, District Prison Office, Dang, District Administration Office, Dang and Office of the Attorney General, Kathmandu were made defendants in the case.

Regal had killed Manandhar in broad daylight by using a khukuri on July 14, 2015.

In April, he was convicted of the murder and was slapped with 20 years imprisonment by the Banke District Court.

Bharati had started a hunger strike in Maitighar, Kathmandu following Dashain festival demanding justice for her husband.