Public opinion about journalist Rishi Dhamala changed dramatically after his arrest on 3 February. President of the reporter's club for the last 11 years, Dhamala now faces charges of possession of arms and ammunition, kidnap and murder. The allegations made by the police against Dhamala were formed on the basis of a telephone conversation Dhamala had with Ramsubhak Mahato, who heads Ranbir Sena in the Valley. Mahato, who was arrested the day before Dhamala, says he secretly recorded his conversation with Dhamala in which someone sounding like him makes a deal with Mahato to extort Rs 3-4 million from an unidentified businessman. Dhamala's lawyer Tikaram Bhattarai says the tape doesn't prove he is guilty of possessing arms, of kidnap or murder. Dhamala has also claimed that the recorded voice is not his. Courts do not accept cassettes as a form of evidence under Nepali law. Lawyers also say the police is shifting the goalposts by changing the charge against Dhamala when there was no evidence to back the original charge.
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