Nepal: Writ petition filed against PM Prachanda for admitting to 5000 killings during Maoist insurgency

The petition brought by advocate Gyanendra Aran and other victims of Maoist insurgency was registered on Tuesday, Supreme Court sources said, adding that another writ by Kalyan Budhathoki was in the registration process Kathmandu: A writ petition was on Tuesday registered against Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ at the Supreme Court of Nepal, seeking an order to investigate and arrest him for admitting to being responsible for the killing of 5,000 people during the decade-long Maoist insurgency. The petition brought by advocate Gyanendra Aran and other victims of Maoist insurgency was registered on Tuesday, Supreme Court sources said, adding that another writ by Kalyan Budhathoki was in the registration process. A writ petition filed in Nepal's Supreme Court seeking the arrest of Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal over his statement of 2020 where he claimed to accept the deaths of 5000 people during the insurgency. pic.twitter.com/QaQ8m7ICIX — ANI March 7, 2023 Advocates Gyanendra Aaran and Kalyan Budhathoki, who are also conflict victims, filed separate writ petitions at the Supreme Court demanding that Prachanda be investigated and prosecuted for admitting to being responsible for the killing of at least 5,000 people during the decade-long Maoist insurgency.