Kathmandu, June 14 -- The police has charged comedian Pranesh Gautam with "cybercrime" a week after detaining him and nearly three weeks after filmmaker Milan Chamling 'Chams' Rai filed a police complaint against Gautam for a video on Meme Nepal, a popular Facebook page, reviewing Chams' recent film, Bir Bikram 2. The police filed a charge sheet at the Kathmandu District Court on Friday.

However, it is unclear when exactly Gautam will be released from prison. According to his lawyer, who spoke to the Post on Friday, Gautam should be released by Friday evening. But police officials at Teku Police Station refused to confirm or deny that they were freeing him tonight.

"It took much longer than we thought it would, but we're elated that Pra...