A high-level investigation team comprising NHRC spokeswoman Mohana Ansari and commissioner Govinda Sharma Paudyal has reached Rangeli on Monday and started the investigation. According to NHRC, the team has recorded statements separately from officials at the District Administration Office, chiefs of security agencies in the district and eyewitnesses.
Draupadi Devi Chaudhary, 60, of Rangeli-4, Mahadev Rishidev of Bardanga-2 and Shibu Majhi of Dainiya-9 were killed in the police action. The security forces had opened fire following clashes between the CPN-UML cadres and cadres of the United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF).
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