Police have arrested eight  persons including Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Nepal Chairman Kamal Thapa from Narayanchaur, Kathmandu. They were arrested during a demonstration.

Police nabbed  Chairman Thapa and leaders and cadres of his party, as they breached the restricted area, according to Apil Raj Bohara, spokesperson at Kathmandu Police Sector. They are currently kept at the Sector, he added.

Those arrested are Dipak Singh and Shila Rana, Rakesh Basnet, Ram Chandra  Lamichhane, Binod Kapali, and Saroj Timilsina. 

The RPP and RPP-Nepal have been demonstrating in the Capital for some days.