Officials of the Commission of Inquiry have traveled to various parts of the country to collect details of the incidents that occurred on 23 and 24 Bhadra during the Gen-G movement.

The commission's chairman and members have left the Kathmandu Valley with preparations to collect details from across the country this week. The commission's work schedule is to begin taking statements from those who used force on the state side on 23 Bhadra. Gauri Bahadur Karki, chairman of the 'Inquiry Commission on the Incidents of 23 and 24 Bhadra, 2082', has gone to collect details of the damage caused by the incidents in Makawanpur in Bagmati Province and Parsa in Madhesh Province, among other districts. Commission member and spokesperson Vigyanraj Sharma will collect details of the damage caused in Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini Provinces. He will reach Banke via Kaski, Chitwan, Rupandehi. Another member of the commission, Bisheshwor Prasad Bhandari's team will collect details of the damage caused in Kailali and Kanchanpur in Sudurpaschim Province via Surkhet in Karnali. All three teams also include employees of the commission. These teams have a schedule to collect details of the damage caused in the respective districts, provinces and local levels and hold discussions with government officials there.

Chairman Karki said that the officials themselves have gone to collect details of the damage caused in various parts of the country as per the mandate of the commission. He informed that the details of the damage caused in the remaining areas have been requested from the government machinery and related bodies. ‘The commission also has the responsibility to look into the details of the damage caused across the country. Since it is not possible to know the extent of the damage just by sitting in Kathmandu, we have formed three teams to travel across the country,’ he said.

Karki informed that various institutional and state bodies are sending details as requested by the commission in a letter. ‘The Supreme Court is going to send details of its and its subordinate courts that have suffered damage. We have also requested details of the damage from the Ministry of Home Affairs, police, provincial structures and local levels. The calculation of the damage for some has not been confirmed. There have also been reports that it is difficult to calculate the damage. But we will take details of the damage from all the municipal, provincial and central bodies,' he said.

He informed that the schedule for taking statements of those involved in the incidents of 23 and 24 Bhadra will start next week. 'The statements will start from the police commanders deployed from Baneshwor to Maitighar areas of Kathmandu. We will also take statements from those who are drawn into their statements,' Karki said.

According to him, the commission has made preparations to take statements from the then Chief District Officer of Kathmandu, police officers, Home Secretary, Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak and then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. 'We will also take statements from those responsible for the incidents outside the Kathmandu Valley,' Karki said.

The commission has not yet formulated a procedure for investigating the vandalism, looting and arson of government and private structures including the Parliament, Singha Durbar, Supreme Court, President's residence, Prime Minister's residence, hotel, media house, Bhatbhateni and calling those involved for statements on 24 Bhadra.

Meanwhile, the administrative leadership of the commission has been changed. Joint Secretary Gogan Bahadur Hamal, who is under the administrative leadership of the commission, has been sent to the responsibility of the Chief District Officer of Bardiya. Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal has brought Prakash Poudel, who is the Chief District Officer of Bara, to lead the commission.

On 5 Asoj, the Council of Ministers formed a three-member commission of inquiry under the chairmanship of former Special Court President and former Judge Karki. The commission has been given a deadline to prepare a report within three months. During the Gen-G movement, 76 people, including police officers, were killed in police firing, prison break escapes, arson attacks, and arson attacks. A large number of government, private, and commercial structures were looted and arson attacks were committed.

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