DNA Khabar Chief Editor Dhiraj Basnet Arrested in Kathmandu

Police in Kathmandu have arrested Dhiraj Basnet, chief editor of the online news outlet DNA Khabar, in a case whose details have not been fully disclosed. A team from the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office carried out the arrest. Reports have linked the case to a conversation involving Inam Sapkota and Judge Hari Phuyal, as well as content concerning IGP Dan Bahadur, but authorities have not provided further information about the circumstances or allegations.

What is known about the arrest

Basnet was taken into custody by officers from the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office, according to a report by Ratopati. The available information identifies him as the chief editor of DNA Khabar, an online news outlet. It does not state when the arrest took place or provide details about where within Kathmandu the police detained him.

The report links the case to a conversation involving Inam Sapkota and Judge Hari Phuyal. It also refers to content concerning IGP Dan Bahadur. The nature of the conversation and the content, and how either relates to the arrest, have not been explained in the information made available so far. No further details of the case have been disclosed.

Case details remain unclear

The limited information does not establish the specific basis for Basnet’s arrest. It also does not describe any formal allegations, the sequence of events leading to the police action, or whether the arrest is connected to a particular item published by DNA Khabar. Those details should not be assumed from the reported references to the conversation or to content concerning IGP Dan Bahadur.

The circumstances surrounding the case therefore remain unclear. The available report identifies the police unit involved and names the people and subject matter linked to the case, but offers no further account of the investigation. It does not include an explanation from the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office or a response from Basnet.

Further information awaited

The arrest places the focus on what authorities say prompted the investigation and what role, if any, the reported conversation and content played in it. Until additional details are disclosed, the precise allegations and the status of the case remain unknown.

For now, the confirmed information is limited to Basnet’s arrest by a team from the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office and his position as DNA Khabar’s chief editor. No further case details have been provided in the report.