NC-D concerned over denial of medical treatment to leaders

February 20, 2006
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Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) has expressed serious concern over denial of medical assistance to its leaders in custody.

 

Gopal Man Shrestha
(File photo)

Issuing a statement on Sunday, the party has said that acting president of the party Gopal Man Shrestha, who is being kept at Armed Police barracks in Duwakot, has been deprived of treatment despite a Birendra Police Hospital report one month ago that he is ill and needs an operation.

Similarly, the party has said that its leader Nanda Krishna Joshi, who is being kept in Women’s Training Centre, Jawalakhel, is ill. The party has asked for immediate release of all its leaders.

They were arrested a day before a major protest rally and mass meeting of the agitating seven political parties in the capital on January 20.

Even as the government has been periodically freeing opposition leaders and cadres, there are still dozens of detainees including some senior leaders in custody around the country.