Kathmandu, Nov. 8 -- Police on Thursday evening arrested businessman Roop Jyoti and his daughter Suruchi Jyoti from Tribhuvan International Airport for their alleged involvement in a fraud case.

A team from the Kathmandu Metropolitan Police Range arrested Jyoti, a former assistant minister for finance, and his daughter along with nine others after they disembarked a Silk Air Flight from Singapore at around 8:30pm.

"Jyoti, along with the other accused, were presented before the Kathmandu District Court on Friday, seeking permission to keep them in custody for seven days for further investigation. However, the court only approved three days of judicial custody," said Deputy Superintendent Hobindra Bogati, spokesperson for the Kathmandu Me...