Authorities sit on probe report as Banke activists’ sit-in nears month

One of the accused, former Constituent Assembly member Badshah Kurmi is contesting for Banke district president of the ruling Nepali Congress.

Every morning, a group of 16 people, who have come to Kathmandu from Banke district in western Nepal, walk from Kalanki to Maitighar, where they stage a sit-in for the whole day demanding that the government investigate the death of Nankunni Dhobi and disappearance of Nirmala Kurmi.