Kathmandu, Aug. 9
The government has formed a five-member investigation
committee on the incident of the use of force by the police against the Tamang
and Magar communities when they organised a sit in protest at the police
station at Teku in Kathmandu last week demanding punishment to advocate
Bhagwati Pandey for her statement.
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA), Narayan
Prasad Bhattarai, issued a statement on Wednesday to inform about this development.
The investigation committee formed under the coordination of
Under Secretary of MoHA, Ram Bahadur Shahi has been given 10 days to
investigate the truth about the injured persons and submit a report on the
matter.
Representatives from District Administration Office,
Kathmandu, Valley Police Office and National Investigation Department are the
members of the committee.
Meanwhile, Bhattarai informed in a separate statement that
the government has formed another committee to investigate the truth and submit
a report regarding the death of Akash Balami, AKA Binod Tolangi and Bikash
Shrestha, prisoners of the Sankhuwasabha inside the prison on August 9.
It is said that the five-member investigation committee
formed under the coordination of Kamal Prasad Pandey, Director of the Prison
Management Department, has representatives from Nepal Police, National
Investigation Department and District Administration Office, Sankhuwasabha.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 10 August 2023.
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