24-hr ultimatum to arrest murderer of NC district leader

Published On: March 29, 2017 04:16 PM NPT By: Janak KC

Acting President of the Nepali Congress District Party Office, Jajarkot Sarpa Raj Rawat handing over a memorandum to CDO Krishna Chandra Paudel demanding to bring the culprit to book within 24 hours. (Janak KC/Republica)

JAJARKOT, March 29: Leaders and cadres of the Nepali Congress (NC) have warned the local administration saying that they would launch a strong agitation if the latter did not arrest the murderer of Rabindra Shamsher Shah, district leader of the NC within 24 hours.

Shah was gruesomely murdered by an unidentified gang on Tuesday evening.

NC District Party Office, Jajarkot has given a 24-hour ultimatum to the District Administration Office saying that the murderer should be brought to book by 6 pm today.

NC District Party Office has shut down Jajarkot district protesting the Shah’s murder.

The cadres have handed over a memorandum to Chief District Officer Krishna Chandra Paudel.

Nepal Press Union, Federation of Non-government Organizations, civil society, Panchtara Youth Samraksha Manch, Nepal Students Union, Nepal Tarun Dal, Nepali Congress among others have condemned the murder demanding to arrest the culprit right away.