Bohara, who is also the vice-president of the Pyuthan chapter of the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) has gone missing since 3 pm Wednesday, according to Bhuwan Sunar, station manager of local Mandavi Radio where Bohara works.[break]
Bohora on Baisakh Purnima had broadcast a news program on the land of Swargadwari Trust that is still captured by the Maoists. “He had mentioned the fact during the live broadcast of a fair at Swargadwari on the occasion of Baisakh Poornima. He then started receiving threats on his phone and we had even informed the FNJ about it,” Sunar said.
Pyuthan Secretary of FNJ Deepak Bhandari had received a call from Bohara´s cellphone at around three Wednesday afternoon. “He was crying on the phone. He may have been thrashed,” Sunar quoted Bhandari as saying. “Someone then said "your friend Deepak is under our control" and the phone was disconnected,” Sunar added.
There is no update on his status since then and nobody has claimed responsibility for the abduction. Chief District Officer of Pyuthan Nandi Keshar Tripathi said police in large numbers have been deployed in the area around Tiram forest to search for Bohara.
Journalists and rights activists from district headquarters are also assisting police in the search operation around the forest.
Related story
Whereabouts of abducted girl still unknown
