74 people were killed and more than 2,000 were injured in the 23-24 August protests and demonstrations. Government structures and private properties were also arson and vandalized inside and outside Kathmandu Valley.
The government has set up a high-level judicial inquiry commission to investigate the repression, arson and vandalism that took place during the Gen-G movement and demonstrations. Home Minister Omprakash Aryal informed that a three-member commission of inquiry was formed under the chairmanship of former judge Gauri Bahadur Karki at the cabinet meeting held on Sunday evening.
Karki, who was appointed as the Chairman of the Investigation Commission, is also the former Chairman of the Special Court. Former AIG of Nepal Police Vigyanraj Sharma and jurist Bishweshwar Prasad Bhandari are members of the commission.
The commission constituted under the Commission of Inquiry Act has been given 3 months time to submit its report. Chairman Karki said that the commission will find the culprits and recommend action. After receiving the mandate from the government, it will be clear how to work. Being a judicial commission, we work in an impartial manner. Who committed what error/mistake is ascertained. Punishment will be determined accordingly," he said.
74 people were killed and more than 2,000 were injured in the 23-24 August protests and demonstrations. There was arson and vandalism in government structures and private properties inside and outside the Kathmandu Valley.
Cabinet meeting has transferred Executive Director of Electricity Authority Hitendradev Shakya. Home Minister Aryal said that Shakya has been transferred to the special category specialist post of the Water and Energy Commission. Manoj Silwal has been appointed as the Executive Director of the Authority. Silwal is the former executive deputy director of the authority.
Similarly, Home Minister Aryal said that the meeting decided to transfer Additional Inspector General of Police (AIG) Manoj KC as the head of Central Bureau of Investigation (CIB). KC was working in the provincial coordination department of the police. While at the Valley Crime Investigation Office, he started the investigation of the fake Bhutanese refugee case.
KC arrested the three accused in this case on 12 Chait 2079 after filing a complaint about the pending refugee case.
After the arrest of Keshav Dulal, Tank Gurung and Sanu Bhandari, members of the gang who made Nepalese youths fake refugees and sent them to America, the investigation started in this case. During the initial questioning, Bhandari took the names of the then Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa's security advisor Indrajit Rai to the Authority chief Prem Kumar Rai.
The case was then investigated under the charge of organized crime. Former Home Minister Balkrishna Khan, former Deputy Prime Minister Top Bahadur Rayamazhi, then Home Secretary Tek Narayan Pandey were arrested. A team led by SSP KC reached Khan's residence to arrest him. That is why the Congress leadership was angry with him and he did not get important postings until the Congress came to power.
Similarly, Finance Minister Rameshwar Khanal said that the cabinet meeting decided to freeze the budget of projects worth less than 30 million and projects worth more than 30 million but not kept in the project bank in order to reduce expenses. He said that this decision will save 120 billion.
The Council of Ministers has decided to support the recovery of the economic activities of industries, commercial and commercial establishments that have been damaged by the Gen-G movement. Finance Minister Khanal said that the government, Rashtra Bank and Insurance Authority have decided to bring a program of relief and facilities for that.
"Among which there is a decision to give up to 50 percent discount on the customs of imported materials for reconstruction, arrange that up to 50 percent of the amount of damage should be paid by insurance in advance and move the debt of the affected people," he said. He informed that it has been decided to form a committee including representatives of the National Risk Reduction Management Authority, Ministry of Home Affairs and Jen-G to assess the damage caused by the movement. The committee has been given a deadline to submit a report within 45 days after assessing the damage.
Finance Minister Khanal said that there has been a decision to auction the physical structures, machine tools, and vehicles damaged by arson and vandalism across the country. For that, he said, work will be done under the coordination of the Ministry of Urban Development at the center and the chief district officer in the district.
