16 Years of Unflinching Fight for Justice: Prosecute the perpetrators of Arjun Bahadur Lama

Kathmandu, 29 April (2021) - Advocacy Forum-Nepal extends its solidarity to Purnimaya Lama and her family for their relentless struggle for truth and justice to Arjun Bahadur Lama. For last 16 years, she has been waiting for impartial investigation and prosecution of the perpetrators.

Arjun Bahadur Lama was abducted by the cadre of the then Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) on 29 April 2005. Although denied initially, Maoist Party admitted his abduction but reported that he died in an aerial attack of the Nepal Army while he was still in the captivity of the Maoists. However, there is evidence to show that he was tortured to death by the Maoist cadre. Maoist cadres Agni Prasad Sapkota, Suryaman Dong alias “Laldhoj,” Yadav Poudel alias “Rakki,” Bhola Aryal, Karnakhar Gautam alias “Shyam, Norbu Moktan were allegedly involved in Lama’s killing.