Lubmini Province lawmaker KC sent to jail

By Our Correspondent,Rukum East, Sept. 9: Lumbini Province Assembly member Dhan Bahadur KC of Nepali Congress was sent to prison on Sunday. Elected from Rukum East-2 (b), KC was convicted in a case of document forgery.

According to Madhav Raj Kharel, chief of police in Rukum East, provincial assembly member KC, who had been absconding until now, surrendered himself to the District Court in Rukum East on Sunday. 

The court subsequently sent him to prison to serve his sentence, Kharel said. The Rukum District Court, in its verdict on June 23, 1991, had sentenced KC to one year in prison and a fine of Rs. 2,000 for document forgery.

KC was convicted following a complaint lodged by his wife, Radha KC, who accused him of submitting forged documents in a divorce case. 

There has been public criticism over the fact that he had not yet faced punishment even decades after the court’s order.