12 July 2012. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) submitted its report on July 1, 2012 to the Supreme Court (SC) on the findings of the investigation vis-à-vis the disappearance of Ajit Kumar Lal Karna. Mr. Karna was arrested by the police on 6 May 2012 on the allegation of his involvement in Janakpur bomb blast which took place on 30 April that killed five people and injured more than thirty. Mr. Karna has been missing since then.
“Mr. Karna is found to have been arrested by the local police, led by the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Bhupendra Kharti, deployed from the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) and that his whereabouts is still unknown”, the report states. The NHRC has come to this conclusion based on a series of investigations and statements of eyewitnesses. The NHRC’s investigation is still going on.
In its latest hearing of 9 July, based on the Commission’s report, the SC has directed the Commission to submit the ultimate findings after the completion of the investigation.
The Commission submitted its initial report to the Apex Court upon the order issued by the latter.
Advocacy Forum (AF) has been providing the victim family with legal assistance.
