Dahal denies having offered Rs 7.5m in exchange for grandson

KATHMANDU, May 29: UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Wednesday dismissed a media report that he offered Rs 7.5 million to his daughter-in-law in exchange for his grandson.



Dahal’s personal secretariat, issuing a press statement today, refuted the news report run by a Kathmandu-based weekly. The newspaper had claimed that Dahal offered the amount to his estranged daughter-in-law Sirjana Tripathi to have his grandson back. [break]



“We would like to inform that there is no truth in the news report that UPCN (Maoist) Chairman Prachanda (Dahal) offered Rs 7.5 million to the family of Sirjana Tripathi in exchange for his grandson,” the statement reads.



The statement was posted on Facebook and Twitter by Dahal’s son Prakash, who has a son with Sirjana. In the news report, Dahal´s son is named Samriddhi. Earlier, Sirjana left Dahal’s family residence in Lazimpat and went to live with her parents in Pokhara after Prakash eloped with Bina Magar, a Maoist student leader.

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