Nepal on Friday summoned the British ambassador and demanded the immediate release of an army colonel arrested in the UK on charges of torture committed during the decade-long Maoist insurgency that claimed almost 15,000 lives. Speaking at a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) here, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha said the arrest of army colonel Kumar Lama in the United Kingdom breached the jurisdiction of a sovereign nation as well international norms. Shrestha said, the foreign ministry summoned British ambassador John Tucknott and handed over a 'protest note' over Lama's arrest. The ambassador assured that he would relay the information regarding Nepal government's concern to the British government. Similarly, issuing a press statement, the ministry said the Nepal government has strongly objected to the arrest, which is ‘sad and shocking’.