|
Govt discloses whereabouts of 116 missing
persons
A probe committee under Narayan Gopal Malego,
joint secretary at the Home Ministry, Monday disclosed the whereabouts
of 166 persons disappeared involuntarily.
The committee reported that among the 116
individuals, 14 were released after interrogation, 17 persons were freed
after serving jail term while 33 persons remain in detention and 45 have
been kept at an investigation center at Sundarijal. Likewise, one person
had surrendered to the government authorities and six persons were
killed in encounters with security forces.
The committee in its earlier three reports
has ‘disclosed’ the whereabouts of 204 persons disappeared
involuntarily after being arrested by the security forces.
The committee’s report comes a day after the
relatives and family members of the disappeared persons urged the UN
Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, which is
currently in Nepal on a fact-finding mission, to help trace the
whereabouts of the missing persons. The UN team under Stephen Toope is
to disclose its report on Tuesday.
The Malego committee submitted its report to
Home Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka. The committee’s tenure has been
extended by another two months beginning today. nepalnews.com mbk
Dec 13 04
Related News
- Kin
of missing meet UN delegation
|