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Panel to probe Nepalgunj incidents
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Thursday, December 28,2006
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KATHMANDU: The Home Ministry today formed a three-member investigation committee, headed by justice of Appellate Court in Butwal Purushottam Parajuli, to investigate the incidents in Nepalgunj on Tuesday which claimed one life .
Deputy attorney general Drona Raj Regmi and additional chief officer of the National Investigation Department Sukha Chandra Jha are the other members of the committee, which has been asked to submit its report within 15 days from the start of its work. One Kamal Giri aka Imam Gosai was killed when an unruly crowd resorted to vandalism, arson and looting in and around Nepalgunj municipality yesterday.
Issuing a press statement here this evening, Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula urged everyone to maintain social and communal harmony by discouraging miscreants. Talking to the media at the office of Peace Secretariat, the Home Minister said that senior leaders of the eight political parties would visit Nepalgunj tomorrow to create “awareness” and would call upon the people for reconciliation. Maoist talks team leader Krishna Bahadur Mahara said they would work together with the government, civil society and the local people to maintain law and order and peace in Nepalgunj.
“The situation at present is very fluid. Election to a constituent assembly will not be held unless we put all our efforts to maintain peace in society,” said Sitaula, adding that the eight parties’ efforts would be to maintain peace and hold the election in June in a free and fair manner.
He said that the government has already decided to mobilise all the ministries to distribute citizenship certificates and prepare voters’ list keeping in mind the upcoming constituent assembly election. “The tragic incident that took place in Nepalgunj will only benefit the anti-democratic elements who do not want peace and constituent assembly election. So, all the political parties must work together to restore peace and social harmony in cooperation with the people,” said Sitaula.
Meanwhile, a meeting held today between the Government, Maoist and the UN officials decided to complete the selection process of British and Indian Ex-Gurkha servicemen within three days. The process would start tomorrow, said Sitaula and Mahara.
A six-member Joint Monitoring Coordination Committee (JMCC) of the Agreement on Management and the Monitoring of Arms and Armies — with three Maoists and three government representatives — will select the British and Indian Ex-servicemen. It will be completed in three days.
One hundred and eleven personnel will be selected temporarily for the management of the arms and armies of both the sides till the full-fledged UN monitoring teams arrives here.
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