Bangladeshi national Chowdhary, who is also the son-in-law of former deputy prime minister Sujata Koirala, stood by the statement he had given earlier. He said he saw Shah carrying the gun but was unsure who fired the bullets. [break]
Chowdhury, who reached Chitwan on Monday after failing to turn up for statement on three previous occasions, had told the media in Kathmandu a couple of days after the Tiger Tops incident that Shah had trained a the gun on his temple threatening to take his life.
“I didn´t want to take the case forward,” Shah´s lawyer Shiva Bahadur Pandey quoted Chowdhury as saying. “I have no animosity with Shah and have known him through mutual friends. It´s true that we have talked about politics and the fight had also occurred but I didn´t feel I should file a case and get him punished,” Pandey quoted Chowdhury as adding in his statement.
Advocate Pandey claimed Shah will get a clean chit on the next hearing as Chowdhury was against any action against his client.
Chowdhury had reached the administration office a minute after 10 am and before Chief District Officer (CDO) Basanta Raj Gautam had arrived while Shah had reached the office accompanied by a motorbike rally of pro-Monarchists and police escort.
The administration had filed a public offense case against Shah based on the statement Chowdhury along with those of other eye witnesses. But the eight eye witnesses have retracted their prior statement. They have said they did not see Shah fire the bullets but only heard the gunshots.
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