On the first day, 21 people were killed due to indiscriminate firing by the police, 17 of whom were under 30 years of age, on the second day, 15 people died of burns out of 39 dead across the country, 28 of the 47 people killed in two days in Kathmandu have been post-mortemed.
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As of Monday, 28 of those killed in Kathmandu during the Gen-G movement and demonstration have been autopsied. It was found that all of those who underwent post-mortem at the University Teaching Hospital had bullet wounds in the head and chest.
On the first day, on 23 August, 21 people were killed, including 17 under the age of 30, when the police opened fire indiscriminately. On the second day, 39 people were killed across the country during the protests. 15 of them were found burnt in various commercial buildings and private houses.
5 more child captives and 5 prisoners died during the escape. Head of Forensic Department of University Teaching Hospital Dr. According to Gopal Chaudhary, 7 dead bodies are unrecognizable. DNA test should be done for that. An autopsy is done with teeth, finger prints,” he said. Out of the 47 people who were killed in Kathmandu Valley in two days, the post-mortem has been conducted. 23 of them have been identified by the family.
Initially, there was no police bond and the post-mortem was stopped. Later, after the recommendation of the police, the post-mortem was started. But the Dead and Injured Family Struggle Committee put forward 14-point demands to the government and took a stand that they would not pick up the bodies without a hearing. On Sunday night, the victim's family gathered in front of the Prime Minister's residence Baluwatar and raised slogans.
Sudan Gurung of We Nepal Group said that when the ministers were appointed without addressing the demands of the families of the deceased, the relatives became angry. On Monday, Prime Minister Sushila Karki understood the demand and instructed the Chief Secretary Eknarayan Aryal for the implementation, and the relatives agreed to pick up the body.
Newly appointed Energy Minister Kulman Ghising also reached the hospital and comforted the families of the dead and injured by promising to fulfill the demand. Also, sporadic dead bodies were picked up before.
Prime Minister Karki herself announced on Sunday that those who died in the Gen-G movement would be declared martyrs and relief would be given at the rate of 1 million. On Monday, the Council of Ministers meeting decided to provide relief of 10 lakhs and additional expenses of 5 lakhs at the rate of 15 lakhs. It has also been decided to declare the deceased a martyr, cremate them with national honours, and arrange for vehicles and helicopters in remote areas to take the bodies.
The cabinet has decided to give a public holiday to observe national mourning on October 1 and provide free treatment to the injured. The Council of Ministers has decided to form a judicial inquiry commission to punish the guilty. In the
demand letter, the demands of education, health, employment assurance for the relatives of the deceased, the construction of martyrs' memorials at the entrance of the parliament building and in the respective districts are also mentioned. If
is organized in this way, the victim's family
After the post-mortem was started at the University Teaching Hospital, the family started taking the dead body. Sneha KC did not want to take the body of Didi Rachna's son Rasik Khatiwada just like that. Sneha was trusted by her sister. After that, she started a sit-in at the University Teaching Hospital, demanding justice. According to Sneha, they sat on dharna with Rasik's photo in hand. No one else came on the first day. From the next day, the sit-in families started to increase. We formed a group called National Heroes. My cousin KC created a group on WhatsApp. After that, different people started coming to meet us," she said, "They were interested in our demand." Those who joined the group reached Baluwatar to meet the Prime Minister on Sunday evening. We waited for four hours, after 10 o'clock they started chasing. After that we got mad," said Sneha, "it was 12 o'clock at night. We came back when no one heard at night.'
If the demand is not met on Monday, they were planning to pick up the dead body by tying a black belt. "But today (Monday) our demand was heard," said Sneha. 22-year-old Rasik Khatiwada was shot on August 23. Kamal Subedi, a member of the Dead and Injured Family Struggle Committee, said that because the family of the martyrs were united, they were able to get the demand addressed. According to him, in the beginning, the victim's family was not united. Everyone was panicking. He was emotional. Some were unconscious. All friends gathered. Searching for the family of martyrs and asking for phone numbers, we integrated. We created a group on social media. We joined the family of martyrs in the group. After that, we formed a struggle committee," he said.
The body of the person who died of gunshot wounds during the Gen-G movement in Kathmandu was taken to the University Teaching Hospital. The victim's family started lighting a lamp every day at the university teaching hospital premises to pray for the peace of the martyr's soul. According to Subedi, the demand was emailed to JangiAdda initially, but there was no response. A press conference was held on Friday. After that, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City issued a statement and took responsibility for the management of the body.
Prime Minister Sushila Karki met with the martyr's family on Saturday and made a verbal commitment to address the demand. He said that he will make a written agreement on Sunday. They went to Baluwatar and waited for an agreement on Sunday. There was no meeting with the Prime Minister.
In the evening, the private secretary of the Prime Minister suggested to register at the office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, saying that the demands of the dead and injured should be addressed procedurally. Subedi said, "We contacted the staff of the Prime Minister's office by phone and reached Baluwatar to make an agreement." But the agreement was not reached even by 11 pm. They shouted slogans when the soldiers asked them to leave the Prime Minister's residence saying it was late at night.
Then Subedi, a member of the Sangharsh Committee, informed that Sudan Gurung of the Nepal Group has taken the responsibility of addressing the demand. Now we will manage the body. In coordination with the army, we will send the dead bodies that need to be sent outside the Kathmandu valley through helicopters," he said. "We will keep harassing the government until the demand is met."
