Please do not just believe what I am saying to you. Please go and find out for yourselves. The law will take its own course. [break]
The incident is a matter for discussion in a national manner. I am a mere civilian who wanted to go and have fun with my family, with my friends at Tiger Tops for two days. But I am overwhelmed by the amount of friends I have in this country and the amount of support I got from you. Thank you very much. I also thank Mr Paras´ personal security guards who helped me, my family and my friends escape from Tiger Tops in the right way. Thanks be to god and thanks to our other friends and family who helped us.
There was not really any matter for discussion. Mr Paras was a very friendly guy initially, until he consumed some alcohol. May be it was hard for him to control himself. I had done nothing against him. I have respect for every person and society and every organization of this country and every country around the world. The incident began, I feel, due to the consumption of alcohol and he has threatened to kill especially myself, my friends, my wife and my little son who is only three and half years old. And that scared me and my family.
I don´t have any words I want to use to defame him. There is no question that I don´t like Nepalis or Nepal.
Initially he was very nice, he was very friendly, we were sitting and talking in a very pleasant manner. Then after a few drinks, he said you guys are the main reason for demolishing our monarchy. He said you took away our society. And then he pointed the gun at my forehead and said you better believe in monarchy, on my life I am otherwise going to finish you and your whole family tonight. At that point when you have a gun to your forehead, I was actually shaking like anyone would. But he didn´t fire at me, he didn´t hit me. He threw a bottle at my face but that bottle didn´t hit me. So please don´t get me wrong that he fired at me. He fired in the air.
The whole reason is that he wanted me to go look for a tiger in the jungle at 12 o´clock. I declined to go with him in the jungle to find tigers at midnight. And so he repeatedly threatened me and my two friends who were with me and he said if you don´t come with me tonight I will kill your wife and son.
I don´t have anything against him. He is a human being. I hope he becomes well and thinks in a proper manner.
He opened fire only once. As a civilian, if I pull out a gun and fire it, what would you do? What would the government do? What would the law do?
Paras wished to join my dinner table. I accepted it. I was introduced to him by friends at that moment. He was talking about himself and the country.
I don´t know politics at all. He starts speaking about Nepal. He was saying, "Don´t you think that Girija Babu made a mistake in getting rid of monarchy?" And I said this is purely a political question. I said I have no understanding about this.
As told to Guna Raj Luitel
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