The Home Ministry on Sunday decided to form an investigation committee under the coordination of Joint Secretary Suresh Panthi, comprising Deputy Secretary Kulshekhar Aryal and one member. The committee has been given a mandate to conduct a fair and factual investigation into the incident and submit a report within 5 days.
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Anju Tharu of Bardiya Badhaiyatal-4, neglected by her husband, committed suicide on 22 Kartik after the district administration and ward failed to recommend her for citizenship and her daughter's birth registration was stopped. The father, Kanchha Tharu, who was struggling for justice for his daughter, also followed his daughter's path on the fourth day.
After the news was published in Kantipur last Friday under the title ‘Citizenship Discrimination against Women: The State Did Not Give Justice, Father and Daughter Did Not Give Their Lives’, Prime Minister Sushila Karki had on Saturday directed Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal to find out the truth behind the incident.
The Home Ministry decided on Sunday to form an investigation committee under the coordination of Joint Secretary Suresh Panthi, comprising Deputy Secretary Kulshekhar Aryal and one member. The committee has been given a mandate to conduct an impartial and truthful investigation into the incident and submit a report within 5 days.
After the formation of the committee to investigate the truth behind the incident, the victim’s family has regained hope of getting justice. After the formation of the committee by the Home Ministry to investigate the truth behind the incident, the family of a Fulani Tharu of Badhaiyatal Rural Municipality-4 Dakshin Bhakari has regained hope of getting justice.
A Fulani Tharu, who was in double grief after losing her daughter and husband last October, said that she has regained hope of getting justice. ‘A month has passed since the incident, but I was afraid that the incident would be suppressed if the concerned bodies did not show much interest,’ said Fulani. ‘Now that our incident has reached the Prime Minister, I hope to get justice.’
Anju’s brother Arun Tharu said that this incident happened when her sister went to the ward several times for citizenship, but the concerned bodies did not facilitate her. ‘The sister decided to commit suicide because she did not get an identity card,’ he said. ‘Anju’s seven-year-old daughter Anita Tharu does not have a birth certificate, her entire responsibility has fallen on our shoulders, the concerned bodies had to provide her niece with a birth certificate and the rights she deserves.’
He also said that he believed that the investigation committee formed by the Ministry of Home Affairs would investigate the facts and get justice for them. Chief District Officer Gogan Bahadur Hamal said that a complaint was received after the incident and that the police were investigating. ‘An investigation committee has been formed by the ministry,’ said Pradya Hamal, ‘The investigation committee formed will conduct further investigation into the incident.’
