Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Rayamajhi Commission grills two former ministers

The High-Level Probe Commission to investigate into the atrocities of the erstwhile royal government on Monday interrogated two former ministers.

The commission interrogated former minister for Science and Technology, Prakash Koirala and former Minister for Agriculture, Keshar Badhadur Bista.

Koirala and Bista like others, reiterated that they didn’t have any role in suppressing and killings of people during the April uprising.

Bista said that he is responsible only for the death of chickens due to Bird Flu for he was minister for Agriculture in the royal government. He expressed his ignorance on the suppression and killings of people during Jana Andolan, hence iterated that he could not take any responsibility for that.

The commission also interrogated chairman of the outlawed Rajparishad Standing Committee, Parshu Narayan Chaudhary and former DIG of Armed Forced, Dilip Kumar Singh.

Chaudhary claimed not to have played any role in suppressing Jana Andolan II while he was quizzed by the journalists. After two-hours of grilling, Chaudhary emphasized on unprejudiced interrogation.

Earlier Chaudhary had shown his inability to turn up for the statement for his frail health.

Singh who was interrogated for four hours said that since he was in the policy making level, there certainly lies the responsibility on him.

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