Nepal, Aug. 14 -- The Rupandehi Prison Office has stated that Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) President Rabi Lamichhane has been kept in a separate cell from the start, considering his security situation.

In a press release issued Thursday, the prison administration said Lamichhane, who has been in custody for the past four months in connection with a cooperative fraud and organized crime case, has been kept in a separate room equipped with its own toilet.

"The plywood previously on the cell's window has been replaced with a grill. The telephone and visitation privileges provided to him from the start remain intact," the statement issued by Prison Administrator Suresh Bhandari reads.

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