Raj Kumar Pote, proprietor of Banepa-based Nest Generation Automotive Pvt. Ltd., has been arrested on the charge of illegally importing and selling fake parts and lubricants of Tata vehicles. The release was accompanied by an image that looked like it had been created using AI.
‘Unlawful practice’ in the name of an advertising agency
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In Nepal, the official information about an arrest is usually made public by the relevant police agency. But in this case, it has been seen that the advertising agency has prepared the details of the ‘arrest’ in the style of the police and sent it to various media.
Raj Kumar Pote, the proprietor of Nest Generation Automotive, said that he has not been arrested. According to him, although the police sealed the warehouse after some questioning, there is no situation of arresting him or taking him under control.
Pote claimed that he had imported the goods by completing customs procedures, opening LC and following the legal process. “I have all the necessary documents. Suddenly, Sipradi’s team came to the police and locked the warehouse without any arrest warrant. Now I am in the process of legal remedy,” he said.
Acknowledgement of an error Everest, but not corrected by
Bipana Shrestha, who is said to be the media coordinator of Everest Ad, admitted that she was informed about the error after sending the initial press release. According to him, although preparations were made to send a corrected press release later, “the corrected details were not sent to the media after the instructions were received to make it this way today.”
Prince Pote said he was holding legal consultations on the matter. In this case, the directors of Everest Ad and Event Management, including Bipana Shrestha, can be accused of both cybercrime and defamation.
Similarly, the District Administration Office, Kavre, said that the godown was sealed on the basis of Sipradi’s complaint, but no arrests have been made so far.
According to police sources, the unauthorized distribution of false or unconfirmed information about someone’s arrest can attract the prevailing cyber laws and other legal provisions. Police have also urged the media to be careful while publishing information about the arrest of people from unauthorised places except those from the police.
