Police have visited the office of Diyopost.com looking for its editor-in-chief, Sudip Bishwakarma, and editor, Rita Budhathoki.
On Friday, a four-member police team led by Inspector Kamal Jung Shahi from the District Police Range, Kathmandu, arrived at the media outlet’s office in Anamnagar, Kathmandu.
News coordinator Madan Dhungana said that the officers had entered the office premises.
Police are currently checking journalists’ mobile phones after taking control of the devices.
“I, the editor-in-chief, and the editor are all outside the office. I have been told that a team of four police officers has arrived at the office and is checking our colleagues’ phones,” Dhungana said.
Earlier, editor Budhathoki said that she and editor-in-chief Bishwakarma had received calls from a suspicious individual asking, “What is your address?”
Meanwhile, police have arrested Bishwamani Subedi of NepalPress.com from inside his workplace and taken him away. A team from the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office arrested him and handed him over to the Cyber Bureau.
Similarly, a police team has also visited the office of Naya Patrika in search of journalist Nawaraj Mainali.
