Chief constable Netra Bahadur Thapa and Thol Prasad Rokhaya and constables Yubraj Bishwakarma, Mohan Dev Bista and Mangal Bahadur Shahi have posted the bail on Wednesday, Chief District Officer Birendra Bahadur Baniya informed on Thursday. [break] Their release process has begun, Baniya added.
A special court formed to probe the first ever rebellion in Nepal Police on July 22 fined 32 other police personnel for abetting the rebels-in-uniform. Of them, 14 police personnel will each have to pay a fine equivalent to two years´ salaries. The rest of the 18 police personnel will each have to pay a fine just equivalent to one year´s salaries.
On August 11 in 2008, a group of 45 police personnel led by sub inspector Dhan Bahadur BK had revolted against their senior officers. They had held their senior officers hostage for hours.
The government had formed a special court headed by deputy attorney of the Surkhet Appellate Court Binod Pokhrel. But, the court´s proceedings fell in limbo following Pokhrel´s transfer before he completed his task. The government later on had revived the court appointing deputy attorney Dev Giri as its chief.
Those convicted by the court have already been put in jails in Dhangadhi and Tulasipur. While other 45 police personnel can join their duties after paying fines, the 13 convicted rebels can only appeal to the Supreme
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