Kantipur Media Group Chairman Kailash Sirohiya was flown to Kathmandu on Tuesday for further treatment.

Sirohiya, who was admitted to the Kavya Hospital in Janakpur after experiencing heart-related problems on May 25, was brought to the Capital at around 3:30 pm and has been taken to the Nepal Mediciti Hospital, Lalitpur.

The KMG Chair, who had fallen sick since last Thursday, was admitted to the Janakpur-based hospital after he had a headache, high blood pressure and fluctuating heartbeat.

According to Navin Kumar, a member of the board of advisors for Nepal Mediciti Hospital, Sirohiya is in the emergency ward and his essential tests are being conducted.

“The doctors will brief him on his condition once the test reports come,” Kumar said.

Sirohiya is in police custody in connection with the investigation after a cadre of Rastriya Swatantra Party of Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane filed a complaint stating that the number on Sirohiya’s citizenship certificate was the same as that on another person’s citizenship certificate.

The Dhanusha District Court on Monday extended his remand by three more days.

A single bench of Judge Yaduraj Sharma allowed the district police office to keep Sirohiya in custody until Wednesday for further investigation.

Previously on Friday, the court had extended his remand for three days. Police presented him before the court on Monday to have his remand extended. After an hours-long hearing, Judge Sharma had extended the remand by three days.

The police asked the court to extend the remand, saying the signature on Sirohiya’s citizenship mentioning the date of birth has been sent for forensic test and the report is awaited.

Police on May 21 arrested Sirohiya, weeks after RSP cadre Indrajit Mahato filed a complaint at the District Police Office in Dhanusha stating that the number on Sirohiya’s citizenship certificate was the same as that on another person Shivaji Sahu Teli’s citizenship certificate.

The then administrative officer of the Dhanusha District Administration Office has said the signature on the copy of the citizenship certificate is authentic and his own.