11 including Resham Lal Chaudhary get life in prison

KATHMANDU: Eleven murder-accused including lawmaker of Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) Resham Lal Chaudhary have been sentenced to life in prison.

Hearing the case filed against Chaudhary on Tikapur incident,  on Wednesday, a single bench of judge Parshu Ram Bhattarai issued the verdict sentencing them to life in prison.

Others facing the sentence are Harinarayan Chaudhary, Rajkumar Kathariya, Sundar Lal Kathariya, Brij Mohan Dagaura, Rajesh Chaudhary, Bir Bahadur Chaudhary, Pradeep Chaudhary, Sitaram Chaudhary alias Bidroha, Shrawan Chaudhary and Ganga Ram Chaudhary.

Out of the 11 murdered-accused, the court has slapped a 10-year-jail term on Shrawan Chaudhary on his age aground.

Police had filed a murder case against Chaudhary, lawmaker of Rastriya Janata Party Nepal, for his involvement in the Tikapur incident in which eight persons including SP Laxman Neupane and a minor were killed on August 29, 2015.

Chaudhary was elected to the House of Representatives from Kailali Constituency -1. He had taken the oath of office and secrecy on January 3, 2019.