Manoj Sapkota, son of late Prem Prasad Sapkota, torching the funeral pyre of his father’s body at Tulsi Ghat of Seti River in Pokhara on Sunday.
(Photo source : THT)

Prem Prasad Sapkota, joint regional administrator of eastern region was cremated in accordance with the Hindu tradition, at Tulsi Ghat in Pokhara-9, Sunday.

Sapkota’s eldest son Manoj, 28, gave fire to the dead body.

His dead body was brought from Dharan by helicopter via Kathmandu after post mortem in Kathmandu.

Sapkota, who was abducted on February 7 along with 14 other government officials and security personnel during a Maoist attack in Dhankuta died in Maoist captivity on Friday at Kurule area, Dhankuta district.

Meanwhile, Minister Thapa has said that Maoists have proven their barbarism by brutally killing Sapkota, Joint-Regional Administrator of the Eastern Region, who was abducted after an attack in Dhankuta, recently.

Minister Thapa made this remark while paying tribute at the body of Sapkota at the TU Teaching Hospital on Sunday.

The body of the late Sapkota was brought to the Teaching Hospital for post mortem from BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan, Sunday morning.

Various rights bodies have condemned Sapkota’s death in Maoist captivity and demanded impartial investigation in the case, but Maoists are yet to say anything about Sapkota’s death in their captivity.