Shrestha’s kin-called Bandha hits normal life in capital

KATHMANDU, May 21 - Normal life has been paralysed in the capital on Wednesday due to the ‘valley bandha’ called by the agitating relatives of slain businessman Ram Hari Shrestha.

The city wore a deserted look since vehicular movement came to a grinding halt.
Academic institutions and market places remained closed due to the strike.
The local residents of Koteshwor and late Shrestha’s kin have been carrying out protest demonstrations in the capital since Friday condemning the CPN-Maoist for the incident.
Businessman Shrestha’s murder took a mysterious turn after a doctor at Chitwan Medical College yesterday revealed that he died at the hospital and not on the way to the capital as had been stated publicly by the Maoists.
Earlier, the Maoists had said that Shrestha died at midnight on May 10 on the Bhaludhunga section of the Mugling-Narayan highway on the way to the capital for treatment.
This contradicts with the account made public yesterday by Bhoj Raj Adhikari, a doctor at the Medical College who was engaged in treating Shrestha.
On Sunday, Maoist Chairman Prachanda had issued a statement based on the report prepared by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) men denying any link to Shrestha’s murder.
Shrestha was reportedly abducted, tortured and killed by PLA men at Shaktikhor cantonment in Chitwan district which is still under round-the-clock supervision by UNMIN.

25 injured in Karnali bus mishap
Kantipur Report
KATHMANDU, May 21 - A passenger bus plummeted into the Goruwa River in Karnali zone injuring all the 25 people on board.
Seven people have been reported in a critical state.

6 killed, 51 injured in Tanahu bus mishap
Kantipur Report
TANAHU, May 20 - At least six people were killed and fifty-one others injured Tuesday morning when a passenger bus carrying pilgrims met with an accident at Ghasikuwa of Tanahun district on Prithvi highway.
One among the deceased is minor and five are women, police said.
Four of them died on the spot, one on the way to hospital for treatment and another one while undergoing treatment at Western Regional hospital in Pokhara, sources said.
The deceased have been identified as Devi Dhamala, 43, of Kaski district, Purnima Gurung, 18, and Newa Bastakoti, 60, while the others are yet to be identified.
Twenty-two among the injured are undergoing treatment at Western Regional hospital while the others are being treated at Manipal hospital in Pokhara.

The ill-fated bus (Ba 1 Kha 2069) carrying pilgrims bound for Gorkha from Pokhara skidded some 50 meters off the road at Ghasikuwa in Deurali VDC and smacked a big rock.
The accident comes a day after a bus plunged into the Rapti River in Dang district, leaving over two dozens dead and many others injured.

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