Relief eludes Bardiya victims' kin
KALENDRA SEJUWAL
HARIHARPUR, Surkhet, April 10: Families of three Dalit women shot dead
by Nepal Army (NA) personnel inside Bardiya National Park (BNP) on
March 10 are yet to receive crematory expenses.
Earlier, the chief district officer (CDO) of Bardiya and Warden of BNP
had assured families of the killed villagers that the latter would
receive crematory expenses by April 7.
On Friday, Krishna Bahadur BK, whose wife Devisara and daughter
Chandrakala were killed by NA personnel, went to BNP office in
Thakurdwara of Bardiya to get the money. But Krishna Bahadur had to
return empty-handed.
"I got nothing despite the written agreement," he lamented.
Earlier, the local authorities had provided Rs 20,000 to the victims´
families after they refused to receive the dead bodies for ten days.
The authorities had promised to provide an additional Rs 55,000 for
crematory expenses.
The final rites of the three women killed in the incident have already
been performed. However, the victims´ families are facing hardships
after they spent all their money to perform the final rites for their
dead relatives.
"We have not gone out to work since the tragedy," Krishna Bahadur´s
brother Durga Bahadur said. "We have run out of food grains. We have
been surviving with the food lent by our neighbors."
Meanwhile, the BNP administration has admitted that the killed Dalit
women were not poachers. The BNP administration and the families of
the victims have struck another nine-point deal.
According to the deal, the victims´ families will be provided with
crematory expenses within seven days. Besides, both parties will
withdraw their cases filed against each other.
Published on 2010-04-10 22:17:17
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