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Sunil Rajbanshi

Sunil Rajbanshi
Jhapa
Sunil Rajbanshi was a Maoist activist. On 9 January 2004, policeman Dev Narayan Yadav and an unidentified army man chased him all the way in Rajgadh Bazaar. The finally arrested him and started severely torturing him. Sunil could not bear the pain and he tried to run away from there. Both of them then fired at him leaving him wounded. Once after capturing him, they fired eight bullets at him and killed him on the spot at Janata Chowk.
9 December 2009
yes (19 September 2011)
Victim’s brother Indramohan Rajbanshi attempted to file an FIR at DPO, Jhapa on 9 December 2010. The police refused to register it. He then went to District Administration Office, Jhapa. Even the DAO refused to register or endorse the FIR. After this, he filed a petition of mandamus at Appellate Court, Ilam. Responding to the writ petition, the court on 20 April 2010 ordered the DPO to register the FIR and carry out prompt investigation.
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