INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Home Minister Lamichhane pledges to work for uplift of Tharu neighborhood
Women activists stage protest demanding justice for Nirmala
Kurmi in capital
Dozens of ladies rights activists from Nepalgunj are once again in Kathmandu staging demonstration for over 2 weeks for
the 3rd time in the previous twoand-a-half years to press the federal government to find those who abducted and killed Nirmala
Kurmi.
Nirmala was widowed in 2005 and was last seen in 2012 when she was 52 years of ages after her 2 children died under strange
scenarios in a span of 10 days in 2010
Activists declare that she and her household were framed and killed by powerful residents and land mafia to grab nearly 16,000 square metres
(125 kattha) land she owned.Minister Lamichhane, who had as soon as vehemently spoken demanding justice for Nirmala when he was a reporter,
advised the activists of the same and inquired to give up the demonstration, assuring them that the authority had actually been dealing with
Minister Lamichhane asked the activists not to spend their time on roadsides in the cold Kathmandu night and assured them that he was
similarly sincere about supplying justice to Nirmala as they were, Nava Raj Pandey, the ministers media planner informed THT.However, this
is not the very first time Minister Lamichhane has asked the activists to stop the protest
Earlier on January 8, he had called the activists and vowed to start a fresh investigation into the case.Today, Minister Lamichhane also
informed the activists that he himself had got the detail details of the case and asked authorities head office to start the
investigation.In line with this, authorities headquarters has actually also formed a team under the Central Investigation Bureau to examine
the case.The protesters have accused Nepali Congress leader and provincial lawmaker Badshah Kurmi of being the main person behind the
abduction and murder of Kurmi with the motive of getting her property.Police have actually so far apprehended and interrogated 7 person on
the basis of a report sent by the federal governments probe committee.However, they were released soon as they were not believed to be
The main accused Badshah was never jailed
He is now a Province Assembly member from the area.A variation of this article appears in the print on January 15, 2023, of The Himalayan
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