KATHMANDU, Sept. 20 -- Hari Prasad Kandel, a suspended leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), who was arrested for producing counterfeit educational certificates and the government's hologram to secure a government teaching job, has been taken into judicial custody until the final verdict.

The Rupandehi District Court had ordered police to send him to judicial custody a few days ago. However, Kandel was arrested only on Saturday as there was no space in the prison following the vandalism during the Gen Z protest.

Kandel's arrest was based on the statement of 25-year-old Abhishek Yadav, a resident of Naubasti, Kanpur, India, who was arrested on August 15, 2025. Yadav was found in possession of a large number of fake certificates f...