KATHMANDU: Pasang Sherpa, a central committee member of CPN (UML), was sent to jail on Wednesday following his arrest on Tuesday in a polygamy case, police said.

Sherpa, convicted a year ago by both the Kathmandu District Court and Patan High Court, was produced in Patan High Court and remanded to Dillibazar Prison to serve his sentence.

A native of Taplejung, Sherpa had been residing in Bhaktapur’s Gundu area and assigned to the security detail of UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli.

He also served as president of the party’s Indigenous Federation, the party’s ethnic organization.

In 2022, the District Court sentenced him to one year in prison and a fine of Rs 5,000.

Sherpa had appealed to the Patan High Court, which upheld the original verdict.

He had remained free until now, reportedly benefiting from his political connections.