Police arrest former chief justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana
Summary
Former chief justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana has been arrested at his residence in Maharajgunj, according to the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office. The arrest comes after years of legal and parliamentary proceedings over an impeachment motion that the Supreme Court later ruled had lost its purpose.
Key Points
- Former chief justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana was arrested at his residence in Maharajgunj.
- The Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office confirmed the arrest, though further details were not immediately available.
- Rana had been suspended after an impeachment motion was filed against him in Parliament in 2022.
- The Supreme Court’s Constitutional Bench later ruled that the impeachment motion had lost its purpose and dismissed related petitions.
