“We are searching for Bal Krishna Dhungel to arrest, but he hasn’t been found,” Police spokesperson Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Binod Singh said in a press conference.
Replying to a query of journalists, DIG Singh said that ‘police will arrest and submit Dhungel if found’.[break]
DIG Singh further added that police received information about his attendance in the Constituent Assembly (CA). “But he leaves before the police team reaches there,” he added.
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Dhungel in 2010 for the murder of Ujjan Shrestha of Okhaldhunga. Shrestha was shot dead by the Maoists at Tarkerabari-7, Okhaldhunga on June 24, 1998, allegedly for spying on the Maoists.
Dhungel, who won the Constituent Assembly (CA) election from Okhaldhunga-2 in 2008, is regularly attending parliament meetings till now.
The UCPN (Maoist) has been trying to secure amnesty for Dhungel ever since the apex court found him guilty despite opposition from the human rights community.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday had stayed a two-week old cabinet decision to recommend to President Dr Ram Baran Yadav to amnesty murder-convicted Dhungel.
DIG Singh also added that Nepal Police is committed to act on Supreme Court (SC) verdicts.
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