Murder hearing against Maoist leader Sapkota deferred for 45th time

Victims and rights activists say the top court’s deferrals are deliberate attempts aimed at protecting the accused.

Arjun Bahadur Lama, 45, was attending a meeting at a local school in Dapcha in Kavrepalanchok district on April 29, 2005, when a group of then CPN-Maoist combatants spirited him away, saying they wanted to talk to him about something. The rebels never let him go.