Kathmandu, Oct. 17 -- In the past two weeks alone, three sitting lawmakers from the House of Representatives have been arrested by police.

Krishna Bahadur Mahara, who was Speaker of the House and a Member of Parliament from the ruling Nepal Communist Party, is currently in police custody for attempted rape. On Sunday, Nepali Congress lawmaker Mohammad Aftab Alam was arrested for his alleged involvement in a bombing and the subsequent murder of at least 23 persons in Rautahat. And on Monday, Pramod Sah, a lawmaker from the Rastriya Janata Party, was arrested from the Janakpur airport for vandalising a Buddha Air counter.

And more recently, an arrest warrant has been issued for Parbat Gurung, a lawmaker from the Nepal Communist Party. He ...