A team of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) discussed with Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula about the status of the people who were disappeared by the State.

A press statement issued by the NHRC said the commission discussed the complaints filed on behalf of 570 people arrested by the security forces, whose whereabouts remain unknown.

The statement further said that the national rights watchdog also sent a letter to the Prime Minister’s Office with description of the people disappeared by the State.

Likewise, a team of NHRC also met five former ministers of the royal government in different jails.

The team received information about the human rights of the former minister.

Stating that the condition of Former Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey is weak, the NHRC urged the authorities to make appropriate provision for him.

The NHRC team also appealed the authorities to provide newspaper, radio and television facilities to the detained former ministers.

The government arrested former ministers Kamal Thapa, Ramesh Nath Pandey, Tanka Dhakal, State Minister Shrish Shumsher Rana and Assistant Minister Niksha Shumsher Rana in the charge of holding secret meetings to thwart the people’s movement.