Bajagain seeks information about condition of two youths of Gorkha nabbed in Tibet

The main opposition Nepali Congress lawmaker Rajendra Bajagain has sought information from the government about the condition of two youths of Gorkha who were arrested in Tibet, autonomous region of China.

Speaking at a Parliament meeting on Tuesday, lawmaker Bajagain said that he had got information that the Tibet police called Rapke Lama and Karma Cheden Lama of Lama Gaun, Chumanubri Rural Municipality-7, Gorkha to Tibet and took them under control one-and-a-half month ago.

Annapurna Post, the sister publication of The Annapurna Express, on June 9 had published the news about the arrest of two youths of Gorkha in Tibet.

After the news was published, lawmaker Bajagain of Gorkha urged the government to find out the whereabouts of the duo.

The Chinese government had closed Muladhyajan, the border point between Gorkha and Tibet, for the past five years.

It has been learnt that the two youths were arrested by calling them in the border even though the border crossing is closed.

Saying that the reason behind the arrest has not been known yet, Bajagain through the Speaker urged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take initiatives to find out their whereabouts and release them.

“Rapke Lama and Karma Cheden Lama of Chumanubri Rural Municipality-7, Gorkha got a call from Tibet, autonomous region of China, one-and-a-half month ago. The Chinese administration had asked to call them. They were urged to come to the Tibet border. They went to Tibet. And they were apprehended there,” he said, adding, “The Nepal government has no knowledge about it. What is their status? Whether they were alive or not. I would like to draw the attention of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs towards the incident and urge the government to take initiatives to search for them.”