Govt Forms Panel To Probe Suppression of Movement

The government on Friday has constituted a high level Judicial Commission to probe into atrocities committed by the security personnel and officials of the royal regime against pro-democracy demonstrators across the country and recommend actions against them.

A meeting of the council of ministers on Friday decided to constitute a five-member Commission under the chairmanship of former Justice at the Supreme Court, Krishna Jung Rayamajhi.

Names of other members of the Commission are yet to be announced.

Talking to reporters after the meeting of the council of ministers at the Prime Minister’s residence at Baluwatar Friday evening, Minister of Finance Dr Ram Sharan Mahat said details about the scope and structure of the Commission will be made public on Sunday.

The newly government was under tremendous pressure to try and book the culprits responsible for suppressing the people’s movement 2006.

At least 19 people lost their lives and thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators were injured across the country during the three-week-long demonstratons.