Why did police search Durga Prasai’s house?

Police raided medical businessman Durga Prasai’s house in Bhaktapur on Thursday. A team from Bhaktapur Police and the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office conducted the raid.

Police, who searched the house from afternoon until evening, seized his mobile phone, iPad, and other digital devices. A large contingent of plainclothes police was also deployed for the search, during which Prasai’s clothes and documents were left scattered around. Police have not yet issued any official statement about the search.