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Birendra Shah was abducted, taken to a jungle, and murdered -- shot on his forehead and his cheat, then buried nearby, he was a brave journalist, who disagreed to be intimated by the Maoists, may he rest in peace, but we wont -- in fight for press freedom in Nepal! |
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34-year-old Shah, who worked for privately-owned Nepal FM radio, Dristri Weekly and Avenues TV in Bara, southern Nepal. The Maoist leaders said that Shah was been beaten then shot to death on 5 October 2007, the day he was snatched. A local newspaper revealed that it was Lal Bahadur Chaudhary, a member of the Maoist Bara regional committee who personally carried out the fatal beating of the journalist. An investigative commission set up the Maoist movement reported that Shah was kidnapped on the orders of Lal Bahadur Chaudhary. Two other party cadres, Kundan Faujdar and Ram Yekbal Sahani, helped him to abduct and murder the journalist. They then buried him in the jungle region some 160 kilometres from the capital. Lal Bahadur Chaudhary has reportedly fled to India to avoid arrest. The Government of Nepal is yet to take any action against the guilty even after various reports were submitted by several investigating groups, including one setup by the goverment itself. The Maoists on the other hand had been arguing that they had nothing at all to with the kidnapping. It was only after much pressure from the citizens -- they confessed. |
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