The judicial commission formed to probe into atrocities committed to suppress the people’s movement 2006 has summoned no. two in the royal government, Dr. Tulsi Giri, former minister Badri Prasad Mandal and former assistant minister Nikshya Shumsher Rana.
Talking to us, spokesman of the commission Dilli Raman Acharya said they have been asked to report to the commission’s office in Lalitpur during office hours on Tuesday. He said other members of the erstwhile royal government and other key advisors to the king would also be summoned for interrogation later.
Earlier, reports said the Commission had asked the government to keep watch on 13 former officials including Dr. Giri. A staunch supporter of the direct rule of the king, Dr. Giri has maintained silence since the downfall of the royal regime in April this year.
Junior Minister Rana was released recently as per the court order. Fiver former ministers including former foreign minister Ramesh Nath Pandey, former Home Minister Kamal Thapa, former Local Development Minister Tanka Dhakal, former minister of state Shrish Shumsher Rana and former assistant minister Nikhsya Shumsher Rana were arrested by the Seven Party Alliance government last month and booked under the ‘Public Security Act.’
The apex court, however, ordered the government to release all of them saying that it did not find adequate evidence to continue their detention.
At least 21 people were killed and nearly five thousand others were injured during the nationwide pro-democracy movement early this year.
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