District court sends 23 to custody for their involvement in Soti incident JAJARKOT: As many as 23 persons charged for their involvement in the killing of six Dalit youths in Chaurjahari have been sent to custody on Wednesday. The Rukum West District Court sent 23 among 27 arrested including Chaujahari Municipality-8 chair... Travel 25 Jun, 2020
Parliamentary committee consults concerned sides in Chaurjahari incident Rukum (West): The parliamentary committee established to probe Chaurjahari incident has started face-to-face consultation with the concerned sides in the district. The team that reached the district headquarters Musikot for the investigation... Travel 19 Jun, 2020
Chaurjahari investigation nears conclusion, three more arrested in connection with Dalit youth killing JAJARKOT: Police have arrested three more people in connection with the killings of six youths in Chaurjahari, Rukum west, on May 23. Police personnel from Rukum-west District Police Office apprehended two accused -- Ghamanda Malla and Bishnu Malla... Travel 12 Jun, 2020
High-level committee to conduct detailed investigation into Chaurjahari incident KATHMANDU: The high-level probe committee formed to investigate Rukum West's Chaurjahari incident will pursue close investigation from Sunday. In the incident, six youths of Jajarkot district were killed after Nawaraj BK of Bheri Municipality-4 in... Travel 12 Jun, 2020
Swab collection halted in Jajarkot Jajarkot, June 8 More than 2,300 people coming from India have been kept in different quarantine facilities of Jajarkot, but swab samples of only 749 were collected and sent to Surkhet for COVID-19 test. Of this number, 448 people are still waiting... Travel 09 Jun, 2020
Panel formed to probe Rukum inter-caste violence Kathmandu, June 8 The House of Representatives today formed a nine-member Special Parliamentary Committee under the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) lawmaker Devendra Paudel to probe the alleged killings of Dalit youths in Rukum (West) village... Travel 09 Jun, 2020
First four cases of coronavirus infection detected in Jajarkot JAJARKOT: Four persons have been infected by the novel coronavirus in Jajarkot district. This is the first time the district has witnessed the infection. The persons who tested positive for COVID-19 are all females aged 52, 33, 14 and six years,... Travel 06 Jun, 2020
Body of sixth person missing in Chaurjahari massacre found after 10 days JAJARKOT: The body of the sixth victim of Chaurjahari massacre, wherein Dalit youth Nawaraj Bk and his friends were attacked by the villagers in Rukum West ten days ago, was found today in the banks of Bheri River. According to Deputy... Travel 02 Jun, 2020
NHRC deploys separate team to probe Soti incident Kathmandu, May 31 The National Human Rights Commission has sent its own team to Jajarkot and Rukum West to probe the Soti incident where five people died and one went missing over an inter-caste marriage dispute. The NHRC, issuing a press... Travel 01 Jun, 2020
OHCHR seeks independent probe into Rukum west incident Kathmandu, May 30 Expressing concern over two separate incidents — death of five young Dalits and a 13-year-old Dalit girl’s rape and subsequent death — the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for... Travel 31 May, 2020
Chaurjahari Incident: Govt-formed probe committee begins investigation JAJARKOT: A five-member high level investigation committee formed by Home Ministry to probe the Chaurjahari incident has begun its investigation from today. The incident occurred when Navaraj BK along with his 18 friends reached Sothi in West... Travel 29 May, 2020
UN, AI demand impartial probe into Rukum incident Kathmandu, May 28 The attention of United Nations in Nepal has been drawn to the incident in Rukum (west), where five Dalit youths lost their lives and two went missing when the Dalit youths were chased by a group of villagers. The Dalit youths had... Travel 29 May, 2020
