Kathmandu, April 30
The People’s Socialist Party Nepal leader Surendra Yadav has submitted an application to the constitutional human rights watchdog, National Human Rights Commission, complaining two lawmakers of the ruling Nepal Communist Party and a former chief of Nepal Police tried to abduct him last week.
Yadav went to the commission after the police in Kathmandu and the Government Attorney Office did not register his application claiming the incident took place in Mahottari district and he should go to the district to file the complaint.
He met two NHRC members Prakash Wasti and Mohna Ansari and submitted his application. Responding to him, Wasti said the commission would investigate if Yadav’s claim was true. “If it was an abduction case, it is a violation of human rights. We will speak about restoring human rights.”
Yadav has been claiming that lawmakers Mahesh Basnet and Kisan Shrestha, and former IGP Sarbendra Khanal abducted him last week.
Earlier, it was reported that the three had forced Yadav to come to Kathmandu from his house in Mahottari district as the ruling party was arranging for the Samajwadi Party’s split. However, the Samajwadi Party merged with the Rastriya Janata Party Nepal on the same day to form the People’s Socialist Party Nepal.
The accused, however, have been insisting Yadav had agreed to come to Kathmandu to talk to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
