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Nepal
in Crisis 2005: Human Rights
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Preliminary
Monitoring/Investigation Report
On
the incident of Ambush and Explosion
Carried
out by CPN (Maoist) in Kalyanpur VDC, Chitwan District
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| National
Human Rights Commission NHCR Press Release |
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August
10, 2005, NHRC
The
National Human Rights Commission has begun preliminary investigation from
today into the incident of the attack by CPN (Maoist) on the base camp
of Royal Nepal Army at Pili of Kalikot District on 7 August.
In
this connection, a team of officers of the Commission went to the Army
Hospital at Chhauni today and gathered information after observing the
nature of the dead bodies of armymen killed in the incident. The Commission
has begun the probe based on the information obtained from human rights
cell of the RNA.
The
Commission appeals to the CPN (M) to treat the captured armymen as per
Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions and release them unconditionally
and safely as the captured armymen are still captives of the Maoists.
Kedar
Prasad Poudyal
Acting
Secretary and Spokesperson
| Incident
of Ambush and Explosion in Chitwan District |
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Date
of Investigation: 6-12 June 2005
| Introduction
of the spot |
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The
incident occurred in Madi which is located at 45 kilometers south of Bharatpur,
Chitwan District. There are four Village Development Committees (VDC) named
Gardi, Baghauda, Kalyanpur and Ayodhyapuri in the Madi area which is also
surrounded by the Chitwan National Park. The bus (plate no. Na. 1. Kha
3245), which was traveling from Bagai in Ayodhyapuri VDC to Bharatpur was
destroyed as a result of the explosion from an ambush laid by the CPN (Maoist)
on 6 June, 2005 at the Bandermudhe River located on the frontiers of ward
no. 1 and 4 of the Kalyanpur VDCs.
| Background
of the incident |
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It was found that CPN (M) cadres, in opposition to the use of buses by
security personnel in plainclothes, had issued notices forewarning the
local bus professionals running bus transportation in the Madi area not
to carry security
personnel,
and failure to comply could result in accidents.
The bus management committee had conducted a meeting on the same issue
with the Chief District Office (CDO) to discuss on resolving the problem
but the meeting had been inconclusive.
Following the warning from CPN (M), the bus transportation professionals
held a week-long strike and halted all transportation services. When the
concerned agencies did not take any steps in dealing with the situation
and could not reach an agreement with the bus transportation professionals,
they once again started their services and it was found that the security
personnel had continued using the bus services.
It was also found that the CPN (M) cadres had been conducting meetings
and assemblies prior to the ambush issuing statements warning that any
kind of accident could occur at any moment in Madi.
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Full
report ... |
Source:
NHRC 2005
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