US Army Lieutenant General Vowell pays courtesy call on CoAS Sigdel
Deputy Commanding General of the US Army Pacific (USARPAC) Command, Lieutenant General Joel Vowell, paid a courtesy call on Chief of Army Staff, Ashok Raj Sigdel, today.
During the meeting held at Army Headquarters, Bhadrakali, they discussed the matters of bilateral welfare.
A team led by Vowell arrived in Nepal on Sunday as part of a regular visit.
The delegation would also visit Panchkhal-based Birendra Peace Operations Training Centre (BPOTC) of the Nepali Army.
The team will leave for Thailand on Tuesday.
It is believed that this visit would further strengthen Nepal-US relations and contribute to humanitarian support, disaster management and international peacekeeping efforts.
Five go missing in Bardiya National Park
Five people have gone missing in the Baridya National Park.
They have been identified as Resham Samaseli (25), Ram Bahadur Gharti (34), Rabilal Damai (41) and Sunil Samaseli (30) of Barahatal Rural Municipality-1 and Durga Bahadur Sijali (45) of Gangae of Lekbeshi Municipality-5. They reportedly entered the park area for alleged 'hunting'.
They have been missing since Sunday evening, according to the District Police Office, Surkhet Deputy Superintendent of Police Mohan Jung Budthapa.
A four-member security team has been mobilized for the search of the missing ones, the Surkhet Police said.
The District Police Office, Bardiya has been informed about the incident.
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180 detainees fled during September uprising still at large
One hundred and eighty inmates out of those escaping the Nawalparasi Jail during Gen Z movement last September are still at large. Of them, 150 are men and 30 women.
A total of 546 detainees had escaped from the Nawalparasi Jail on September 9. Of them, 362 returned to jail while four others have been kept in another prison, said an employee at Jail Administration Nawalparasi, Kiran Aryal.
Some of the detainees had returned to prison themselves while police had arrested some others.
The Jail Administration had issued a notice, asking the escaped detainees to return to the jail.
The district custody had 575 detainees before the Gen Z movement.
Of them, 41 were Indian prisoners. Thirty eight Indian prisoners are still absconding while police arrested three Indian detainees and handed them to the custody.
Deputy Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Bir Dutta Panta, shared that search for those at large is on.
Demonstration held in Kakarvitta demanding justice to Inisha
A demonstration was held in Kakarvitta, demanding justice to 16-year-old Inisha BK from Surkhet, who was allegedly murdered after rape.
On the initiation of the Pragatisheel Youth Club, Dhulabari, the rally was organized today which later converged into a corner meeting.
School students, teachers, human rights activists, representatives from various organizations and media persons joined the protest rally.
The participants carried placards that read 'Let's stop murder and violence', ' where the daughter is scared, that society turns to failure'.
The participants including women rights activists Radha Pradhan, Puja Sapkota and Binay Karki demanded fair investigation into the case, bringing those responsible under the purview of law.
The gathering concluded that such a type of heinous crime has made the society unsafe. The victim must get justice, they asserted.
