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Kathmandu,Monday February 28, 2000 Fagun 16, 2056.
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Police demolish four houses
fearing Maoist attack
By a Post Reporter
JAJARKOT, Feb 27 -Four houses located in the
vicinity of the police post at Dadagaon of Pajaru-7 were demolished by police fearing that
the Maoist insurgents might attack the police post from behind these houses.
Police had rented the house belonging to Chandra
Bahadur Giri at Dadagaon of Pajaru-7. They have demolished the new houses belonging to
Vice-Chairman Kalu Ram Sharma, Rural Health Worker Anurup Giri and Khamche Giri.
Kalu Ram told The Kathmandu Post that he would file
a case with the district administration and district council for destroying his house
which had cost about 200 thousand rupees. He added that police had removed his family
members from the house as he was attending district council and had demolished his house.
Anurup Giri said police pulled down his two houses
which were both two-storeyed. One of them was located to the east of the police post and
another to the south and there is no place for his family members to take shelter.
Khamche Giri also said he was busy in shifting
goods of his house after police started demolishing his house. Therefore, he has yet to
file his complaint at the district headquarters, he added.
VDC Chairman Lal Bahadur Mahatara said that police
had demolished the four houses worth more than 400 thousand rupees and that the people
concerned would seek compensation.
Chief District Officer Binod Khanal, in response to
a query from this reporter, said he had received the oral complaint from the people
concerned and he was looking into the incident while Deputy Superintendent of Police
Govind Bahadur Shahi was not available to answer the query.
When the police completed demolishing the houses on
Thursday, the police was amalgamated to the police post at Daha VDC and the police staff
had to leave the police post the same night. Before leaving the police post, police killed
a villager’s black cat which used to come to the police office frequently, fearing
that it would prove to be a bad omen for them if they saw a black cat while departing, a
local resident said.
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