KATHMANDU, April 26 -- A young man attempted suicide alleging police torture for his critical comments about Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane on Facebook.

Ganesh Man Singh Thakuri, a resident of Kushe Rural Municipality, Jajarkot, was arrested by the police on Wednesday afternoon from Kathmandu, where he has been residing temporarily to prepare for the exams of the Public Service Commission. According to his brother Man Bahadur, Thakuri a post-graduate student of Tribhuvan University, attempted suicide on Wednesday by consuming poison at the entrance of the Cyber Bureau of Nepal Police in Kathmandu after being harassed by the police for his Facebook comments against Home Minister Lamichhane.

After consuming poison, the police rushed Thakur...