Sharadha Shrestha, a Central Committee member of the Women's Association (Revolutionary), was arrested in Bharatpur, Chitwan District, southern Nepal on 25 July. She has been held in incommunicado detention since then. Guards at the army barracks where she is thought to be held have suggested to Sharadha Shrestha's family that she may have been tortured.

At around noon on 25 July, two plainclothes security personnel arrested Sharadha Shrestha, from Bharatpur, while she was cycling home from a friend's house. She was taken away along with Sudhip Sapkota also from Bharatpur. No further information is available about Sudhip Sapkota. Since then, Sharadha Shrestha's family has been informed unofficially that she is being held nearby, at Bharatpur barracks. However, each time her relatives have gone to the barracks to make inquiries, guards have not allowed them past the main gates, although the guards accepted a change of clothes for Sharadha Shrestha that her family brought for her late last week. Her family has not been allowed to meet with any army officials.

The family was also told that a doctor had visited Sharadha at the army camp. They therefore suspect that she may have been tortured, and needed medical attention.

Sharadha Shrestha has reportedly been arrested previously, but was released unconditionally following an Appellate Court ruling.. It is not known whether her current detention and her previous arrest are related to her political affiliations to the Women's Association (Revolutionary), which is affiliated to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).