Nepal, July 6 -- Ashok Kumar Yadav, Madhesh Province Chief of the Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) led by Ashok Rai, has gone into hiding after verbally abusing Chief of District Police Office, Sarlahi, SP Yogendra Kumar Khadka in a phone call that went viral on social media.

According to Madhesh Province Police Chief DIG Uma Prasad Chaturvedi, an arrest warrant has been issued by the court, and a search operation is actively underway. Police sources suspect that Yadav may have already fled to India.

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"We are conducting searches at multiple locations. He will soon be brought under police custody," DIG Chaturvedi said.

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