A record of Human Rights Committee (HRC) of the Nepal Bar Association revealed that some 254 persons disappeared in the last four months, The Himalayan Times reported.

Relatives of those people have been approaching HRC to find the 
whereabouts and condition of their missing ones. According to the HRC those approaching them have blamed either the security forces or the Maoists of abducting their people.

Hinting that the number of missing people could be even more, 
Chairperson of the HRC, Advocate Bishwokanta Mainali said, “We have the record of only those, whose families have formally requested us to find them out.”

He also said that some of the people in the missing list have been 
already killed by the Maoist or the security forces. According to the 
record, 68 persons are missing from Kathmandu, 13 from Hetaunda, 6 
from Mahendranagar, 89 from Biratnagar, 10 from Nepalgunj and 68 from Pokhara.

“The rising number of disappearance of the people is the evidence of 
the deteriorating human right situation in the country,” Mainali 
vented. Mainali also said that NBA had approached the Home Ministry, the Royal Nepal Army and Police headquarters and requested the officials to publicize the whereabouts of the arrested people, but they flatly denied having arrested any of them.

He also said, “The NBA has also moved to the Supreme Court seeking Habeas Corpus orders, and has requested the National Human Right Commission to take actions, but the efforts have not been successful because the security forces have been denying arresting any of them.”

NHRC member Sushil Pyakurel expressed serious concern over the 
increasing cases of disappearance of citizens. He said, “Both the 
security forces and the Maoist have no right to kidnap the people. But 
we are helpless when both the groups are not ready to heed to us.”