DNA of the son of Niharika Rajput, who attempted self-immolation in front of the President’s Office, Shital Niwas on 27 Shrawan 2079 BS, has been matched with accused Shivraj Shrestha.

Janakpur High Court said that the DNA of Rajput’s son matched with Shrestha’s DNA in the test conducted at the National Forensic Science Laboratory in Khumaltar in accordance with the order given by the High Court, Janakpur to test the DNA of Niharika’s son and Shrestha.

Rajput, who was repeatedly on hunger strike demanding DNA tests, broke the strike after agreeing on three points demand in the presence of the then Law Minister Govind Bandika on Bhadra 5th 2079 Bs. Earlier, Shrestha had been claiming that the child was not his even though he had a relationship with Niharika.

Rajput, who came to a press conference today in front of the Prime Minister’s residence saying that Shrestha should be arrested after the DNA test report, was arrested and released by the police . The police said that she was arrested and released as she was going to hold a press conference in a security sensitive area.