Beldangi incident victims seek compensation
Beldangi/Kathmandu, August 1: The family heads of those killed at police firing in Beldangi incident in May have sought for the compensation to the lost lives. They have also demanded Nepal government for the legal action against the guilty.
In separate appeals made to the Chief District Officer (CDO), Jhapa on Wednesday, Ichha Ram Dhungel, father of Narapati and Aitima Tamang, mother of Purna Bahadur, who were killed at the police firing, have said the police in the name of protecting Hari Adhikari Bangale directly shot their innocent children.
Dhungel and Tamang in their appeals to the CDO have said Nepal government, which assured that it would provide satisfactory compensation, hasn’t yet done anything besides supporting with a bit of help for funeral processing.
“We strongly demand for the legal action against Bangale who created violence in the camps, punish the police involved in killing and demand for the compensation to the bereaved family”, both the appeal reads.
Meanwhile, Bangale in response to a query of the BNS said the groups or individuals that manipulated the whole incident should be held responsible. “The investigation should be done in a fair way so that it would be easy for identifying who should actually be held responsible”, said Bangale, hinting he is less optimistic that the report to be released by the recently formed ‘probe committee’ would sort out facts behind the incident.
The victims have also made a Carbon Copy of the appeal to the Nepalese Prime Minister, Home Ministry, Foreign Ministry, UNHCR Kathmandu, Human Rights and Peace Society in Nepal, Human Rights Watch in the US, National Human Rights Commission in Nepal, United Nations in Kathmandu, Bhutanese political and other organizations for their kind information.
Narapati Dhungel, 17 of Beldangi-II and Purna Bahadur Tamang, 20 of Beldangi-II extension died at police firing on May 27 and 28 following an interview of Bangale with Pathivara FM, which it’s claimed has been that he spoke against the sentiments of youths in camps. Bhutan News Service