Probe Report Says the Three Murdered Women Were Not Poachers
The investigation report made public on Thursday by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Nepal confirms the three women, one of them being a child, murdered by the Nepal Army on 10 March 2010 in Bardiya were not poachers. Devisara B.K., Amrita B.K. and Chandra Kala B.K. were the victims.
The report, presented in a press conference in Kathmandu, categorically states that the Nepal Army has produced a fake report of the women attacking the security force with guns.
The report further confirms that there was no need to use any force against the women, who could easily be taken into custody for interrogation.
Locals of Bardiya have a different version on the incident. They say they heard gun shots after a day of the women’s capture. Nobody in the locality agrees that the murdered women could ever carry guns or be poachers since they were familiar wage-earners in the neighborhood. Instead, they believe that the motive behind capturing and shooting down the unarmed women might be something else.
The NHRC investigation report also indicates that evidences have been concealed or destroyed.
Earlier, Defense Minister Biddhya Bhandari and Army sources had claimed that the three women killed by a patrolling team were well-armed poachers, who first opened fire at the Army personnel.
First published in http://www.associatedcontent.com