The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged the government to take action against security personnel involved in the murder of two people in Janakpur as criminal offense and inform the NHRC about the progress in this regard.

A press statement distributed by the NHRC during a press conference on Tuesday said human rights assistant of NHRC contact office Janakpur, Daya Ram Pariyar, died while undergoing treatment at Teaching Hospital on March 28, while Ram Chandra Yadav was killed on the spot when a group of security personnel opened fire at them on March 24 at Janakchowk of Janakpur district.

The NHRC also asked the government to provide compensation worth 250,000 rupees to the families Pariyar and Yadav and caution the security forces not to repeat such incidents in the future.

The NHRC statement further said that head of the police team, Inspector Prakash Raj Sharma did not tend to the victims after the firing nor collected information about the incident. nepalnews.com pb Apr 05 06