The Kathmandu District Court has remanded Rastriya Swatantra Party leader Arnico Panday to custody for four days.
According to Superintendent of Police Deepak Raj Awasthi, spokesperson for the Cyber Bureau of Nepal Police, the court on Thursday granted permission to keep Panday in custody for four days.
A woman had filed a complaint against Panday, alleging that he had used abusive language against her on social media.
After the complaint was registered, Panday himself appeared at the Cyber Bureau in Kathmandu on Wednesday.
Panday is also a former member of the National Planning Commission.