A Nepalese journalist was on Monday arrested for allegedly sharing a news report about the personal life of a billionaire’s son on a popular social networking site.
Journalist Dinesh Acharya was arrested under Electronic Transaction Act in response to a complain registered by Nirvana Chaudhary, the son of Nepal’s first billionaire. His father Binod Chaudhary owns Wai-Wai Noodle Industry as well as an international hotel chain.In his complaint registered at the Kathmandu Metropolitan Police, Chaudhary has claimed of his character assassination by Acharya.’Share Bazaar’ Weekly had run a story on Nirvana Chaudhary. Editor Acharya had later shared the news story on his Facebook wall.