High-Level Commission Grills Shahi, Ansari

The high-level investigation commission headed by former Supreme Court justice Krishna Jung Rayamajhi today grilled former ministers Dan Bahadur Shahi and Salil Miya Ansari.Former Home Minister Shahi declined having any role in suppressing the Jana Andolan.

“My support for the King does not mean that I’m guilty,” Shahi said talking to journalists present at the commission premises.Another former minister Ansari said the then government did not deliberately suppress people. “Mistakes may have occurred while trying to maintain law and order. We were trying to maintain law and order,” he said.

“If I’m proved guilty by the commission, I am ready to be punished.”The commission is interrogating Rajendra Bahadur Singh and Rup Sagar Moktan.