Purnimaya Lama’s husband, Arjun Lama, was taken by Maoist cadres five years ago. [break]
Witnesses say he was kept captive and paraded around for two months, and then killed.
The police were reluctant to register an FIR (First Information Report), but a Supreme Court ruling in 2008 compelled them to do so.
However, despite the Supreme Court’s ruling, there has been no investigation undertaken by the police.
One of the accused, Agni Sapkota, is a UCPN (Maoist) politburo member and the newly-appointed information and communications minister.
A Public Interest Litigation was filed against Sapkota’s appointment as minister, and the case is sub judice.
Meanwhile, Purnimaya insists, “If he’s dead, let me bury him. If he’s alive, let me bring him home. How long do we wait like this?”
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