Chargesheet Against Gagan Thapa

Kathmandu, August 12-The government today produced a chargesheet at the Special Court against former general secretary of the Nepal Student Union, Gagan Thapa, seeking three years jail term and Rs 3,000 fine for his involvement in treason against the state.
The Special Court however did not register the case today because of procedural mistakes and ordered the prosecutors to produce the case before the court on Sunday. The prosecutor made sedition charges against Thapa for chanting objectionable slogans against the King, and the members of the royal family, which is prohibited by the Section 4(1) of the Offence Against State Act 1989.
The prosecutors also claimed that the witness and the video produced before the Special Court prove the charges against Thapa.Thapa was arrested on July 27 for shouting anti-monarchy slogans during a rally held by the civil society on July 25.