The Dhanusha District Court’s verdict announced last Wednesday in the case of Om Prakash Mahato, an environment conservation activist who was brutally murdered in the district on 10 January 2020, has highlighted the risks and challenges faced by environmental activists in Nepal. The district court has found three individuals guilty of intentionally killing Mahato, but the sentencing will not be decided until February 24. Four other defendants in the case were acquitted.

DHANUSHA, Jan 13: Dhanusha District Court on Sunday remanded four persons accused of murdering Om Prakash Mahato aka Dilip in judicial custody for five days.

JANAKPUR, July 3: Dhanusha District Court on Tuesday slapped a life term on former minister of state for physical planning and transport Sanjaya Sah ‘Takla’ as the mastermind in the murder of media entrepreneur Arun Singhaniya.