Kathmandu, April 26 -- The District Attorney's Office in Kathmandu filed a case at the District Court on Sunday against former government secretary Bhim Upadhyaya for cyber crime after he was accused of defaming the KP Sharma Oli government and its ministers through his social media posts.

A team from the Central Cyber Bureau of Nepal Police had arrested Upadhyaya from his Lalitpur home on Wednesday.

SSP Nabinda Aryal, chief of the bureau, told the Post that Upadhyaya was taken into custody following numerous anonymous complaints against him.

"His offence falls under the purview of the Electronic Transaction Act and we have proceeded with the case accordingly," Aryal said.

The bureau had prepared a case against Upadhyaya, which includ...