State of impunity wrecking our university system

There is a criminal gang that benefits by extorting the university. They work for the mafia in education.

Prem Chalaune, assistant professor at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of Tribhuvan University, had to nearly pay with his life for opposing the months-long padlocking of his department. In October 2020, students affiliated to Nepali Congress assaulted him and left him to die. Luckily, he survived. But instead of heeding Chalaune, many of the top political leaders including the prime minister, home minister and law minister seemed intent on blocking his path to justice. Post ’s Tika R Pradhan talked to Chalaune on his prolonged struggle for justice. Excerpts: