Graft-tainted former minister and Nepali Congress leader Chiranjivi Wagle was arrested from his residence at Kalopul, Kathmandu, Thursday evening. He was later sent to the Dillibazaar prison.
Wagle was arrested at around 5 pm and was taken to Kathmandu District Court (KDC). Supreme Court officials accompanied the police team to his court to the KDC.
He was sent to jail after completing necessary paper works at the court.
While being taken away by the police from his residence Wagle said he was 'victimsed' by the court. "I've taken this as a mockery of the rule of law," he insisted.
His arrest comes a day after the Supreme Court slapped him one-and-half-year jail sentence along with a fine of Rs. 20.3 million, convicting him in massive corruption during his multiple terms as minister.
A division bench of Chief Justice Ram Prasad Shrestha and justice Khil Raj Regmi announced the final verdict in Wagle's case on Wednesday.
In 2004, the Special Court had handed down two-and-half-year jail sentence along with Rs 27.3 million fine, convicting in him corruption when he was a minister.
Wagle, a seven-time minister, had filed petition at the apex court challenging the lower court's verdict and had secured bail.
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