KATHMANDU, AUGUST 8

The government and the Gaur Massacre Victims' Struggle Committee today reached a five-point agreement, leading to the halt of all programmes of protests previously announced by the Committee.

According to Joint-secretary and Spokesperson for the Ministry of Home Affairs, Narayan Prasad Bhattarai, Committee President Rupsagar Devi Upadhyay and Home Ministry signed the agreement today. Bhattarai himself signed the agreement on behalf of the government.

As per the agreement, the government shall investigate and prosecute FIRs over the Gaur incident dating back to 2007 and the guilty shall be brought to book in accordance with the law.

Moreover, it has agreed to publish in the Nepal Gazette the details of those announced martyrs following the incident and to proceed ahead with revising the list of martyrs by incorporating the names of those left out during the previous declaration.

A version of this article appears in the print on August 9, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.