Nirmala case: Former SP Bista appears at court

MAHENDRANAGAR: Former Superintendent of Police (SP) Dilli Raj Bista, who was dismissed on the charge of committing grave mistakes during investigation into the rape-and-murder case of Nirmala Panta, turned up at the court today.

Bista turned up at the Kanchanpur District Court on Tuesday. The victim’s kin had filed a case at the district court against Bista for his ‘sheer negligence’ in course of investigation.

Bista appeared at the court to record his statement. Panta’s family had  lodged a case against as many as eight individuals including Bista. Six suspended police officials have been released on bail.

Meanwhile, the court has summoned DSP  Angur Baba GC (now suspended) of Central  Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police, to appear at the court. However, GC has not turned up yet.

A thirteen-year-old Nirmala Pant had been murdered in cold blood after rape in Bhimdatta Municipality-2, Kanchanpur while she was returning home from her friend’s house on July 26.

Nirmala’s body was found dumped in a sugarcane field the next day.