Senior vice chairman of the cabinet Dr Tulsi Giri.
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The Rayamajhi commission has begun questioning ministers of the king’s erstwhile cabinet from Tuesday morning.

The commission headed by former Supreme Court justice Krishna Jung Rayamajhi had called the senior vice chairman of the cabinet Dr Tulsi Giri, minister Badri Prasad Mandal and assistant minister Niksha Shumsher Rana to the commission office at Harihar Bhawan, Lalitpur at 11 a.m.

Dr Giri reached the commission office at 10:50 a.m., Rana exactly at 11 a.m. while Mandal had reached at around 11:35 a.m.

Former minister of the royal government, Badri Prasad Mandal, surrounded by reporters at the commission office promises, prior to his questioning by the Rajamajhi commission, Tuesday, June 27 06. nepalnews.com/rh

Former minister of the royal government, Badri Prasad Mandal, surrounded by reporters at the commission office promises, prior to his questioning by the Rajamajhi commission, Tuesday, June 27 06. nepalnews.com/rh
Giri told reporters that he would sincerely file his statement at the commission and said he believes in the rule of law. Rana said he had no role in suppression of the recent people’s movement as he worked as a junior member in the cabinet. Rana further said a single person cannot be held responsible for all that happened during the king’s rule. Mandal, who came in a hired taxi, refused to talk to journalists before interrogation. Mandal looked hurried and a bit annoyed.

The commission had summoned the three former ministers in connection with the investigation of use of excessive force to suppress the democratic movement.

Assistant minister Niksha Shumsher Rana
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After receiving the summon letter from the commission, Dr Giri and Rana had said they would present themselves before the commission as ordered. The commission had said they would arrest the former ministers if they did not show up in the stipulated time.

The commission is given the mandate to investigate the atrocities of the royal government while suppressing the democratic movement in April in which at least 23 people lost their lives and thousands suffered injuries and torture.