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Last rites of man performed after 18 years


21 May 2020  

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RAJPUR: The last rites of Anil Kumar Tharu, who was killed by stateside during the decade-long Maoist insurgency, have been performed after 18 years.

His last rites were performed on Wednesday as per Tharu rituals.

The family had been insisting that they would not perform the last rites of Anil Kumar of Sripur at Rajapur municipality in Bardiya district until they found his mortal remains.

“We had the hope that he would be alive as we only heard he was killed. But we have lost our hope 18 years after the insurgency,” said Anil’s father Bikram Bahadur.

On December 19, 2002, Anil Kumar was shot dead accusing him of being a Maoist cadre and his body was buried at Rajapur municipality-10.

Families of those who were disappeared during the insurgency were forced to perform last rites of the disappeared as they were finding it hard to get justice due to legal hurdles, said Bhagiram Chaudhary, Chairperson of Sajha Chautari, an organization working for the welfare of conflict victims.

Failure of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to timely settle conflict-related complaints have made the matter worse, he said.

Publish Date : 21 May 2020 21:36 PM

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