Kathmandu, May 23: Nepal Police have arrested an Indian minister who had entered the country with her armed security guards, and handed her over to Indian police, local newspaper reports said here today.
”Vidhya Chaudhary, Women and Social Welfare Minister of Uttar Pradesh, had already entered 22 km beyond the border, when Nepalese police spotted her. On interrogation, her security guards told Nepali authorities that they had entered Nepal inadvertently,” Nepalnews quoted police as saying.
Nepalese police called the nearest police station in India and handed over the minister and her security guards to them.
Ms Chaudhary is a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Azamgarh Constituency of Uttar Pradesh representing Bahujan Samaj Party.
–Agencies