Police have apprehended a media outlet operator on the charge of hacking the Facebook of the Image Channel news network.

A team from the Metropolitan Police Crime Division held Prem Bahadur BK, the operator of the Banke-based Taja Media, from Nepalgunj and brought him to Kathmandu today.

BK, originally from Deudakala, Bardiya district, had been living in Nepalgunj. Police stated it was found from investigation that BK hacked 'Image Khabar', the homepage of Image Channel and disseminated it as 'Viral Khabar'.

Further investigation is on against BK under the Electronic Transaction Act, the MPCD said. RSS