Kathmandu, April 5:

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today recommended the government provide Rs 250,000 each in compensations to NHRC staffer Dayaram Pariyar and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) cadre Ram Chandra Yadav, both of whom were shot dead by the police on March 24 in Janakpur.

While Yadav died on the spot after being shot at by the police, Pariyar succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment at the Teaching Hospital on March 28.

After the inspection of the incident site today, a National Human Rights Commission team has also asked the government to initiate criminal charges against four guilty policemen who resorted to “indiscriminate” firing without orders from the commander, thereby killing Pariyar and Yadav. The NHRC has called on the government to furnish details of its investigation on the shootings.

The National Human Rights Commission has also made public a report on January 14 Maoist attack at Thankot Police Office. It has blamed the rebels of violating human rights norms and humanitarian laws.

“They (Maoists) have even killed the policemen who have surrendered,” the report said, adding, the rebels have violated article 3(1) of the Geneva Convention by killing an unarmed traffic police officer.

The NHRC has asked the Maoists to take action against those acting against basic umanitarian laws in the attack.

The rights body has urged the government to provide necessary compensations for the families of the deceased and free treatment for those injured during the attack.

The human rights body has also asked the Maoists to take action against those involved in the killing of the Nepal Sadbhawana Party (NSP), Janakpur district president, Bijaylal Das, on January 22 in Janakpur.

“The incident in a grave violation of 3(1)(A) of the Geneva Convention 1949,” the report said. It has also asked the government to provide compensations for the family members of Das.

Similarly, the NHRC has labelled the December 14, 2005, Nagarkot shootout that killed eleven locals a criminal act and has urged the government to make necessary security arrangements to avoid untoward incidences during religious fairs and other gatherings.

It has also called on the government to help with the education of the children of those killed during the shoot-out.

The NHRC also pointed out the weakness of the concerned security in-charge as to how an army personnel who was not on duty was able to carry the loaded gun that eventually massacred innocent civilians at Nagarkot.