Suresh was injured while reporting during the protest against MCC, this time he lost his life in arson during the Rajawadi protest.
While leaving his house in Chandragiri for reporting in the morning, a feast was being prepared at the house of journalist Suresh Rajak (34 years old). He told Milo's brother Dinesh, "I will come early today." You will also come soon.'
Among the three brothers, Suresh and Dinesh had been living in their new home Chandragiri for three months.
Both Dinesh and Suresh used to do journalism. That day, they invited the elder brother and relatives to a feast and went out to report on the demonstrations of the two royalists. The house was bustling with the presence of relatives. "Brother, he said he would come soon, but now he will never come back," says his brother Dinesh Bhakkani.
On Friday, royalists set fire to a building in a demonstration focused on Tinkune in Kathmandu. Suresh, a video journalist from Avenues Television, was filming the same scene. He died in the fire.
Before joining journalism, Suresh was in Malaysia during his foreign employment. Mother passed away while my brother was there and he came back to Nepal. After that, he started journalism without going abroad," says Dinesh.
Suresh had reached Thinkune for reporting after inviting his relatives for dinner, when the house caught fire
on Friday at 10 o'clock, Suresh along with his colleague Anil Rayamazhi left the Avenues office for reporting. "We ate outside. We parked our bikes in a college in Tinkune and went to the field,” says Anil.
According to him, when Suresh and Anil reached there, the royalist protesters were just gathering. After reporting for 30 minutes, they went into a nearby alley to drink tea with their friends. It was reported that the police fired tear gas at the protestors while they were demonstrating. "The protestors were trying to pelt stones as the police threw tear gas from above while leaving the street. When we got out on the street, we were pelted with tear gas. Dai handed over the camera to me to join the police team. And went ahead. "Dai did live from the mobile phone," Anil says, "After a while, Dai and I met again at the previous tea shop." They approached the front of the building taking pictures. Suddenly the crowd swelled and became excited. The protestors broke the key of the shutter to enter the building and started entering. After that, Dae Bum handed me over and entered Swattai. I couldn't say anything. My brother was sitting on the second floor watching the film. Stone pelting was going on. At that time, the protestors were saying that they should set fire," says Anil, "They were sweeping the goods from above. Tear gas was fired again. I was also on one side. The protestors dispersed.'
Anil saw that the protestors were about to light a fire. When he saw Suresh on the third floor recording the scene, he protested, but Suresh did not see it. Called, did not pick up. Then I called MCR. There was an uproar. People who went up began to fall. I looked to see if my brother would come, but he didn't. There was no contact,' says Anil.
Anil panicked and went to the police facing a stone. But Anil complains that the police did not listen to his plea. After 10 minutes, the fire engine came but the glass of the fire engine broke due to stone pelting by the protestors. The fire could not be extinguished. After that, I called the police. He did not listen to pleas again. When they tried to call the fire brigade, they refused, saying that it would be a stone,' says Anil, 'People are missing inside, but the police administration gave such an answer. I knelt down and started carrying the protestors and the police. Three armed policemen went inside. They said to rest assured that no one was hurt. After that, we looked for Dai in various places including the hospital, but could not find him. The fire started burning again in the building. Later, after putting out the fire, when he went upstairs, he found the burnt body of his brother," he said.
Suresh's brother Dinesh came to know after his brother was trapped inside the building while reporting. "He was killed in a planned manner. could have been saved. But due to negligence of the police, lives were lost,” says Dinesh. Suresh's family has demanded to declare him a martyr, investigate the truth and take action against the culprits and compensation.
According to colleagues and former colleagues of Suresh, he was fearless and honest. Suresh started journalism 7 years ago from Mountain Television. "At that time, we trained him in the beginning," says Suresh's former colleague DB Magar, who worked together in Mountain Television, "since then, he was stubborn." He preferred to take risks.' According to
DB, Suresh was injured while reporting during the protest against MCC. After working at Mountain for a few months, he went to Avenues Television.
According to Dai Dinesh, he was always honest and conscientious in his work. He always reached before office hours. Never known to take leave from work. He was very willing to take risks," says Dinesh.
Suresh got married 8 years ago. Dinesh, who is hurting after losing his brother, is worried about how to handle himself and his family. Bhakkanithi says, 'How can I express my heart at such a time?'
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29-year-old Savin Maharjan of Kirtipur-4 Gamcha used to drive a sumo car on the Kathmandu-Hetaunda route. Around 10 o'clock on Friday morning, he left home on a bike to make a car in Balkhu. Wife Bhavisha called Savin at 2 pm but he did not wake up. She called again after 4:30, the phone answered but then she lost consciousness. "The police picked up the phone," said Bhavisha, "Your man is serious, he asked to come and meet him."
According to the police, Savin was shot between Tinkune and Koteshwar. The spokesperson of the Kathmandu Police Complex, Superintendent Apilraj Bohra, said that the shots were fired in self-defence after the demonstrators pelted stones and set fire to the police unit offices in Koteshwar area. It was difficult for the security personnel who were in small numbers to save their lives. Savin was shot while firing for his own defense, he said. Savin was shot in the right chest.
Savin Maharjan from Kirtipur, who has been driving for 10 years, had never participated in political events before.
Savin wanted to become a driver since childhood. After reaching class 8, he dropped out and started driving a water tanker. He had been a driver for over 10 years. He got married to Bhavisha within a year of their acquaintance. He had a happy family of three with his 28-year-old wife Bhavisha and 8-year-old daughter Suvisha. After Friday's incident, the main pillar of the family has been uprooted. He is a person who likes to travel and do new things. What to do, you just left with a dream,' said Bhavisha, barking. Father and sister have come from Maait to take care of Bhavisha who lost her husband.
After hearing the news of Savin, the 75-year-old grandmother had health problems. He is a heart patient. He was admitted to Kathmandu Model Hospital in Kirtipur on Friday. Sawin's aunt Rita said, 'It was difficult for him, we were looking for Gangalal Lan. We heard that ambulances will also be burnt, so we admitted them in Kirtipur out of fear.'
In Gamcha, four families of 11 people live under one roof. The kitchen is separate. He is the only earner in Savin's family. He did not participate in any political event. Kirtipur-4 Ward President Rajendra Baniyan also says that Savin and his family have not been involved in politics before. "The unthinkable has happened," he said, "We are having a meeting on Sunday to see if we can do something for the family."
Savin's body is in the Maharajganj University Teaching Hospital. The family and relatives have maintained that they will not identify the body until the state takes responsibility for Savin's death. "They died due to the government's bullets, now the government has to find our way too," Bhavisha said.
