CHITWAN, March 20 -- Three individuals, including the principal, who were arrested in the case of Shalin Pokhrel, who was found dead in the hostel of Ekta Shishu Niketan in Ratnagar, have been released on bail.

The Chitwan District Court has granted bail to the accused, ordering their release upon payment of Rs 500,000 each. The decision comes following proceedings related to the case of incitement to suicide, as registered by the District Attorney General's Office in Chitwan. The bail hearings were conducted on Monday and Tuesday.

Following the incident, Principal of Ekta Shishu Niketan, Balhari Devkota, vice principal Kiran Bahadur Adhikari, and hostel warden Kamal Prasad Sharma were taken into custody.

Shalin's family had initially ...