The Nepal Government on Monday freed two Communist Party leaders from house arrest but extended the detention of former deputy prime minister Ramchandra Poudel by three months.
The government withdrew security personnel last night from the residence of Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist- Leninist) General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal, who was under house arrest immediately after the February 1 takeover by King Gyanendra, party sources said.
Madhav Nepal was under house arrest along with Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala, who was released a couple of weeks ago.
CPN-UML standing committee member Amrit Bohara was also freed from house arrest, the sources said.
A district administration office handed over a warrant to Poudel yesterday, extending his custody.
The jail term of former minister Ishwor Pokharel, who is in detention at the Saptari jail, was also extended by three months.