Police have arrested Kantipur Media Group Chairman and Managing Director Kailash Sirohiya on Tuesday.

A joint police team led by SSP Sanu Ram Bhattarai and SP Rabindra Regmi apprehended Sirohiya from his Thapathali-based office this afternoon.

Earlier, ​​​​​​the Dhanusha District Court had issued an arrest warrant for submitting two citizenships at different institutions.

A complaint was filed at the District Police Office, Dhanusha stating that he has been holding dual citizenship.

Prior to his arrest, Sirohiya issued a statement on Kantipur TV, saying that he was arrested without inquiring about the complaint lodged at the District Police Office, Dhanusha.

Further more, Chairman Sirohiya claimed that he was held for publishing a series of news reports about Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane embezzling millions of rupees from a Pokhara-based cooperative with evidence.

Speaking at the Parliament meeting on Sunday, Home Minister Lamichhane had said that the parliamentary probe committee would not be formed on the basis of news published in the newspaper.