Chairman of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), Prachanda, has said over 50 security personnel who were captured after Sunday’s fierce gunbattle at Pili security base camp in the remote, mid-western district of Kalikot are under their control and are safe.
Chairman of CPN (Maoist) Prachanda (File Photo)
Chairman of CPN (Maoist) Prachanda (File Photo)
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Prachanda said the captured soldiers were being treated with due respect and that all 52 of them will be released after following due process at an appropriate time. He did not elaborate.
Prachanda also denied army’s allegations that the insurgents had summarily executed at least ten soldiers after capturing them. He, however, did not respond to RNA’s allegations that the rebels had mutilated private parts of some of the soldiers before executing them.
Latest reports say up to 50 security personnel were killed during Sunday clashes. The insurgents said they lost at least 26 of their comrades.
In the statement, Prachanda has also mentioned about his party’s policy towards UN agencies, NGOs, INGOs and International Red Cross.
Meanwhile, National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday has urged the rebels to teat the security personnel under its control as per the Geneva Conventions and release them unharmed and without any conditions.