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Kumar Poduel died in extrajudicial killing: NHRC


21 October 2019  

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KATHMANDU: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has concluded that Sarlahi In-Charge of the outlawed Biplav-led faction Kumar Poudel was not killed in a police encounter.

It maintained that there were sufficient reasons to believe that Paudel was killed by security personnel after taking him under their control.

The constitutional human rights body has directed the government to take action on police officials involved in the extrajudicial killing.

Poudel was killed in a police firing at Lalbandhi Municipality-1 near Lakhandevi stream in Sarlahi district on June 20. The government had been claiming that he was killed in a police encounter.

Publish Date : 21 October 2019 18:26 PM

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