KATHMANDU,
The Muslim community in Kathmandu on Friday said the police and the administration “may have facilitated” the murder of Faizan Ahmad, the General Secretary of Nepal Islamic Sangh.
In an interaction here, leaders of the community said suspicion arises as the police took no immediate action, even when sounds of bullets being fired rocked the whole area when Ahmad was gunned down by two assailants on Monday.
According to them, while everyone in the 100-metre radius of the murder site could make out the sounds of gunfire, police personnel who were at a distance of 15 metres from the site remained a mute spectator.
“Police made a lame excuse and said they thought the sounds were of an electrical short circuit at a transformer,” Najrul Hasan Falahi, the Chairman of Islamic Sangh, said. He said such a response from the police can never be justified. “How can the police not recognise the sounds of gunfire? They are trained to identify the sound.”
Former President of Nepal Muslim Patrakar Sangh Jakir Hussein said the administration’s inability to investigate properly into any of the murder cases and attacks on the Muslim community shows its involvement in the crimes.
However, police refuted the allegations. According to them, though they first took the sounds to be that of a transformer, they said they ordered their personnel at Basantapur and Ghantaghar to rush to the site.
“Police can never be involved in such a crime,” DIG Binod Singh, the Spokesman of Nepal Police, said.
“If any involvement of police personnel if found in the murder, stern action will be taken against him/her.”
Falahi also expressed his displeasure at the frequent interrogation of members of the Islamic Sangh by the Crime Investigation Bureau (CIB). “The one who died was our beloved and police interrogating us like this does not make any sense,” he said.
Ministers aiding crime, alleges Khanal
KATHMANDU: CPN-UML Chairman Jhala Nath Khanal on Friday said peace and constitution writing are under threat from government ministers themselves. “National integrity seems to be at stake after the formation of the new government. Nepali people are more fearful about the deteriorating law and order situation rather than the stalled peace process,” Khanal said, adding that ministers, themselves, are supporting murder and violence.
Releasing a book—”Pushpalal in contemporary Nepal”—on the founding member of the communist party in Nepal, Pushpalal Shrestha, Khanal said PM Baburam Bhattarai “lied in broad daylight” by going against his own commitment to complete the peace process within 45 days of the formation of his government. “Earlier, he [PM] committed to complete the peace process within 45 days and he is now speaking something different,” Khanal said, referring to the PM’s remarks that the peace process will be completed after striking agreement on key issues of integration.
The Muslim community in Kathmandu on Friday said the police and the administration “may have facilitated” the murder of Faizan Ahmad, the General Secretary of Nepal Islamic Sangh.
In an interaction here, leaders of the community said suspicion arises as the police took no immediate action, even when sounds of bullets being fired rocked the whole area when Ahmad was gunned down by two assailants on Monday.
According to them, while everyone in the 100-metre radius of the murder site could make out the sounds of gunfire, police personnel who were at a distance of 15 metres from the site remained a mute spectator.
“Police made a lame excuse and said they thought the sounds were of an electrical short circuit at a transformer,” Najrul Hasan Falahi, the Chairman of Islamic Sangh, said. He said such a response from the police can never be justified. “How can the police not recognise the sounds of gunfire? They are trained to identify the sound.”
Former President of Nepal Muslim Patrakar Sangh Jakir Hussein said the administration’s inability to investigate properly into any of the murder cases and attacks on the Muslim community shows its involvement in the crimes.
However, police refuted the allegations. According to them, though they first took the sounds to be that of a transformer, they said they ordered their personnel at Basantapur and Ghantaghar to rush to the site.
“Police can never be involved in such a crime,” DIG Binod Singh, the Spokesman of Nepal Police, said.
“If any involvement of police personnel if found in the murder, stern action will be taken against him/her.”
Falahi also expressed his displeasure at the frequent interrogation of members of the Islamic Sangh by the Crime Investigation Bureau (CIB). “The one who died was our beloved and police interrogating us like this does not make any sense,” he said.
Ministers aiding crime, alleges Khanal
KATHMANDU: CPN-UML Chairman Jhala Nath Khanal on Friday said peace and constitution writing are under threat from government ministers themselves. “National integrity seems to be at stake after the formation of the new government. Nepali people are more fearful about the deteriorating law and order situation rather than the stalled peace process,” Khanal said, adding that ministers, themselves, are supporting murder and violence.
Releasing a book—”Pushpalal in contemporary Nepal”—on the founding member of the communist party in Nepal, Pushpalal Shrestha, Khanal said PM Baburam Bhattarai “lied in broad daylight” by going against his own commitment to complete the peace process within 45 days of the formation of his government. “Earlier, he [PM] committed to complete the peace process within 45 days and he is now speaking something different,” Khanal said, referring to the PM’s remarks that the peace process will be completed after striking agreement on key issues of integration.
