Murder accused former Maoist commander gets clean chit from Supreme Court

The decision is fallacious, says former judge.

Revoking the verdicts of lower courts, the Supreme Court has given a clean chit to Govinda Bahadur Batala, a brigade commander of then Maoist People’s Liberation Army who allegedly masterminded the murder of Ram Hari Shrestha, a restaurateur in Koteshwor, over a decade ago.