KATHMANDU, Dec 16: Nagarik Unmukti Party organized a silent sit-in program at Maitighar Mandala, Kathmandu, demanding the release of Resham Chaudhary and other political prisoners of the Tharuhat movement on Friday.

Chaudhary is the mastermind behind the Tikapur (Kailali) carnage that took place on August 17, 2015. The agitating Tharu activists had brutally killed eight people including Senior Superintendent of Police SSP Lakshman Neupane, who was the head of the then Seti zone at the time, five members of the Nepal Police, two members of the Armed Police Force and one infant in the ensuing clash with the police.

In March, 2019, Kailali District Court handed down a life sentence to 11 people including Chaudhary in connection with the incident. The High Court also upheld the verdict and the case is currently subjudice at the Supreme Court.

Here are some pictures taken by Republica photojournalist Prasan Gurung in Kathmandu on Friday:

 
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