Extrajudicial Killing
Soldiers detained Chot Nath Ghimire, on February 2, 2002 at Bhorletar Unified Command Base Camp. His cousin, Shekhar Nath, was summoned to the camp on February 7, 2002 and also detained. Acting on information from other detainees, Chota Nath’s family found out that he had been detained at Bhorletar army camp. In November 2006 the NHRC exhumed both bodies.
Developments
There was no investigation even after registering the FIR.
On June 18, 2009, the families filed separate petitions of mandamus at the Appellate Court Kaski seeking orders for the DPO and Public Prosecutor’s Office to promptly investigate the FIR..
The petition was quashed on October 28, 2009 on the grounds of the DPO’s written reply that the investigation was ongoing. On March 9, 2010 an appeal was filed in the Supreme Court, challenging the decision of the Appellate Court. The hearing of the case has been scheduled on December 23, 2010.
