Youth Arrested for Assaulting Senior Citizen During UML Protest

March 30, Kathmandu – A youth has been arrested on charges of assaulting a senior citizen while on the road. The arrested individual has been identified as Ram Sharan Sharma Bajgain, also known as R.B. Sharma, a resident of Godawari Municipality-10, Takhel, Lalitpur. The incident occurred during protests by UML (Communist Party of Nepal, Unified Marxist–Leninist) activists opposing the arrest of UML Chairman and former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. The senior citizen was assaulted near the vehicle parking area at Patan Hospital on March 29. Bajgain is currently held in custody at the District Police Office in Lalitpur, where investigations are ongoing.