The Supreme Court has issued a mandamus order  to proceed with an investigation against Janata Samajbadi Party Chairman Upendra Yadav in the Gaur massacre case.

A joint bench of Justices Til Prasad Shrestha and Nityanand Pandey on Monday ordered the District Police Office, Rautahat to carry out an investigation against Yadav in the Gaur mass killing.

On June 4, 2023, Tribhuvan Sah on behalf of the victims' family filed a writ petition at the Supreme Court, alleging that the state has failed to take action against the culprits even after years of the incident.

Hearing the same case, the apex court issued an order to proceed with the investigation against Yadav after 19 years.

The District Police Office, Rautahat and the District Government Attorney's Office, Rautahat were made defendants in the case.

On March 21, 2007, as many as 27 cadres of the then CPN (Maoist) were killed in the clash with the cadres of the then Madhesi Janadhikar Forum Nepal. Upendra Yadav was the Chairman of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum then.

More than 50 Maoist cadres were injured in the incident.

After investigating the incident, the National Human Rights Commission concluded that the attack targeting Maoist cadres was premeditated.