Guardians of missing kids warn of stir against Maoists

September 16, 2006
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Irate by the excesses of the Maoists, parents and guardians of children of Charikot of Dolakha district have warned that they would stage an agitation from Sunday, if the Maoists didn’t provide information about the status of the children abducted by them.

Hari Bahadur Dulal, father of a missing child Ganesh Bahadur Dulal, said that 19 children between 14 and 18 years of age, who had gone to the conference of Maoist affiliated Tham Mukti Morcha (Tham Liberation Front) at Kshamawati in Dolakha district were taken away by the Maoists on August 27.

Of the 19 abducted children, three managed to escape from the Maoist captivity and returned after six days, reports quoted the guardians as saying.

The guardians demanded that they be given an opportunity to meet their children at least once.

Another victim, Mangal Thami, whose two sons Pushkar and Narayan have been missing, said that his wife is distraught with grief.

Meanwhile, Yadav Dahal at the Maoist contact office in Charikot said the guardians had approached him with their problem.

“We will hold an investigation. And, if the Maoists have forcibly taken the children away, they will be returned,” Yadav Dahal further said.

Maoists have been continuing their excesses, despite the ceasefire code of conduct signed between the government and the Maoists and various agreements reached between the ruling seven party alliance and the Maoists.