The government and the Gaur Massacre Victims’ Struggle Committee have inked a five-point agreement, leading to the halt of all programmes of protests previously announced by the Committee.
Joint secretary and Spokesperson for the Ministry of Home Affairs, Narayan Prasad Bhattarai signed the agreement on behalf of the government and Committee President Rupsagar Devi Upadhyay on behalf of the Committee.
As per the agreement, the government shall investigate and prosecute FIRs over the Gaur incident dating back to 2007 and the guilty shall be brought to book by the law.
It has also been agreed to publish in the Nepal Gazette the details of those announced martyrs following the incident and to proceed ahead with revising the list of martyrs by incorporating the names of those left out during the previous declaration.
Likewise, both parties have agreed for initiating a process for building the Martyrs’ Memorial Pillar in commemoration of the incident in Rautahat within the current fiscal year and ensuring proper treatment and financial assistance to those injured in the incident.
The OHCHR-Nepal’s investigation report into the incident stated that “On 21 March, 26 individuals linked to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) and one unidentified individual were brutally killed when the Maoists and the Then Madhesi Janadhikra Forum orgainsed their separate rallies in Gaur, Rautahat district. The MJF, which is now transformed into Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal was blamed for the massacre. Now the agreement was signed when both Maoist led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal and the JSPN led by Upendra Yadav are in the coalition government.
Over 100 people were injured in the incident.
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