 Former Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has been arrested at his home in Kathmandu, a spokesman for his party, the Nepali Congress-Democratic, has told CNN. Deuba was arrested early Wednesday after refusing to appear before the Royal Corruption Control Commission, formed by the government, declaring it to be unconstitutional, said the spokesman, Minendra Rijal. The commission had charged Deuba with distributing unauthorized funds to party workers and irregularities in awarding a multimillion-dollar water-supply contract. "The Royal Corruption Control Commission is unconstitutional," Rijal said. "And this arrest is inhuman." This week, the government also arrested a member of Deuba's cabinet, Prakash Man Singh, for the same reason. |