Kathmandu, October 31, 2026 — Journalist Bishwamani Subedi was taken into police custody from the newsroom of Nepal Press at its New Baneshwor office a short while ago.
Subedi works for the online news outlet Nepal Press. According to its editor-in-chief, Matrika Poudel, the Cyber Bureau of Nepal Police took him from the newsroom while seeking the source of a news report.
“I am also heading to the Cyber Bureau now. Plainclothes police took him directly from the newsroom, saying they wanted to find the source of the news,” Poudel said.
Subedi has been covering security-related issues for a long time.
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