Politburo member of the Netra Birkam Chand-led CPN Mohan Karki has been arrested from Balkumari, Lalitpur Friday evening.
Karki, who was semi-underground, was held immediately after he reached the rented apartment of his kids at seven in the evening. "Police in plain clothes asked us to open the door immediately after he arrived. They took him saying they have to question him. They did not show arrest warrant," a family source told Setopati. "He had come to take medicines."
The family said Karki has kidney problems.
Karki had wished to talk to Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa before being taken away by the police team .
The Cabinet meeting on Tuesday had decided to ban activities of the Chand-led party after rise in destructive activities and extortion drive.