Sunday, June 22, 2008

Security Challanges in Nepal

Incident No 1

An unidentified group Sunday detonated a bomb at the newly constructed building of Malangawa municipility in Sarlahi district.

The explosion slightly damaged the ground floor of the building and broke five shutters.

Acting chief of the municipality Raj Kapur Mahato informed that none of the municipality staffers, who were working on the upper floor of the building, was injured.

He said that an underground armed outfit Terai Army had threatened the municipality demanding a ransom of Rs 5,00,000.

The group are suspected to have carried out the explosion.

Incident No 2

In what appears to be the first such case of collective revolt by junior security personnel against their high level officers in Nepal, the junior personnel of Shamshergunj battalion of Armed Police Force (APF), in Banke district, have taken hold of the battalion assaulting and repelling the officers.

Claiming that they were provided with 'sub-standard rations' and meted out 'unbecoming behavior' by senior officers, the 'revolting' personnel physically assaulted the chief of the battalion Superintendent of Police Hari Shankar Budhathoki – who has now been brought to Kathmandu for treatment.

The 'revolting' personnel have locked up the battalion and refused entry to other officials, media as well as human rights people since the 'revolt' broke out late in the evening on Saturday.

Incident No 3

Unidentified assailants murdered a school principal after abducting him in Dhanusha district Sunday.

Bindeshwor Mahato, principal of Rastriya Secondary School in Hariharpur VDC was abducted two days ago along with one other man Kapaleshwor Saha before being shot dead.
However, Saha had managed to escape from the clutches of the abductors.
What can a Nepali make out of these incidents going on in Nepal?