Police have arrested 17-year-old student (grade 10) Roshan Kharel of Chahabil for allegedly hurling stone at king Gyanendra. UWB condemns the arrest and demands immediate and respectful release of Roshan Kharel.
Update: (A day after): Ganesh Kharel, the uncle of Rohan Kharel, has said that his nephew is innocent and didn’t hurl stones at Gyanendra’s fancy and bulletproof car. Ganesh said Roshan was stuck in the crowd at the time of spontaneous attack on Gyanendra by the people. “There was no light at the time of incident,” Ganesh said after meeting 17-year-old nephew in detention. “Police caught him in the chaos.” Roshan is student of grade 10 in Dhumbarahi’s Insight Vision School and lives in a nearby home with uncle. According to the Principal Bhim Kumar Shrestha Roshan is a very attentive in studies. “I don’t believe a genuine student like Roshan did such thing,” Principal Shrestha said.
King Gyanendra’s Mercedes: on the driver’s seat was the man himself when stones were hurled at the car. Pics via eKantipur
It was a historic day by all standards. A king came under attack by his formerly suppressed subjects. People chanted slogans denouncing him as he quietly and helplessly listened to them. And suddenly someone hurled stone aiming at his car that king Gyanendra was driving. The situation in Pashupatinath, the biggest temple in Nepal, instantly turned into a chaotic one as Gyanendra entered the temple premise driving his super fancy car while normal people were shivering in the cold and were struggling to get inside the temple standing in a long queue. “Gyane Chor, Desh Chhod” [Thief Gyanendra, leave the country] was one slogan heard while people protested the royal arrival in the temple of Lord Shiva. People had gathered in Gaushala to protest the temple visit of Gyanendra forcing the king to stay in temple premise for half an hour.
Fundamentalist Hindu love to stress the disillusioned belief that king is an incarnation of lord Vishnu. But the king who came to throne in dubious circumstances after the royal massacre in 2001 and challenged Nepali people’s democracy aspirations by introducing suspending civil liberty, imposing emergency and introducing his autocracy in February 2005. The historic popular uprising in April 2006 forced king Gyanendra to hide inside the palace and people’s rule was restored. The government formed after the uprising successfully signed comprehensive peace agreement with Maoist rebels who were fighting against the establishment for the last 10 years.
Today was particularly sensitive because the government had received credible information about possible agitation by Hindu fundamentalists sabotaging the Shivaratri festival. Hindu fundamentalists of Nepal, with the encouragement of Indian Hindu fundamentalists, are against the parliament declaration that made Nepal a secular state from previously the only Hindu state in the world. It is widely believed that royalists who are dissatisfied with the present democratic government are trying to create problem by using the Hindu fundamentalists.
Here is what eKantipur reported about the incident:
Sticking to tradition, the King’s visit to the Pashupati Nath Temple on the occasion of the Mahashivaratri festival was not put off, however, the longstanding custom did not go as smoothly this time around.
As King Gyanendra, escorted by a security caravan, drove his black Mercedes into the main throughway of Pashupati Nath Temple Friday evening to offer puja, sections of the crowd pelted stones at the King’s bullet proof vehicle. Following the stone throwing, security personnel had to use batons to disperse the crowd.
The king’s vehicle was pelted with stones three times. One policeman was injured in the incident.
Since the reinstatement of democracy after the April uprising, the all state power stripped King is seen outside of the palace during religious festivals only.
King Gyanendra who took absolute power on February 1, 2004 later handed it back to the people after the April uprising last year. The House of Representative reinstated after the Jana Andolan II later shifted all executive powers to the then HoR, which later was dissolved to form the existing Interim Legislature-Parliament.
The interim constitution that is the provisional law-enforcing document in the country has removed the King as head of state as he is stripped off all executive powers.
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128 responses to “King Gyanendra Stoned At Pashupatinath”
This is no surprise. People would have killed him in April but somehow he and the monarchy survived in this country. I don’t comment on personal attack but monarchy must be abolished from Nepal. The ball is on Gyanendra’s court. Get even more stones in future or abdicate the crown. Nepali people are real angry and they will not let him drive Mercedes just like that.
Home Minister resign. Prime Minister resign. Arrest all those who did this shameful thing.
Aaila yes it is shameful thing, whole members in cabinet should resign. It is shameful to bravery of whole Nepali people I wonder how he escaped away he should have been executed in this very day, but ya venue should have been little far away.
It is really shameful and regrettable thing, he should not have escaped.
Aaila and Nepali,
You guys forget to demand the autocracy of king Gyanendra. Demand that, you shameless a_ss h-ls. Why Gyanendra had to go the temple at first? Couldn’t he stay in palace? Even he he wanted to go, why not as normal person? Why in a bullet proof car? To show that he is rich and big? Kiss my a–. Down with monarchy. Gyanendra go to hell.
I find such an act very improper and condemn it whole heartedly. Be it on king gyanendra or any other former ruler. While some of us may rejoice that people have been empowered enough to be capable of pelting stones at the former ruler, it gives us a slight glimpse of what the future holds for our leaders. Our ways of expressing resentment are growing primitive by the day. Today if it’s the king who gets the lashes, tomorrow it can be puspa kamal, it can be madhav nepal, it can be girija, it can be anyone. to really blame gyanendra for everything that has gone wrong since dinosaurs became extinct, is making mountain out of molehills time and again. haven’t we already seen the SPA rule the nation in th e past decade, was it any good? and with the maoists, ask yourself deep within, is it some form of respect that you have for them that makes you support them or is it plainly fear? shakti ko bhakti hunu vayena. the maoists call their war is against samantibad, and possibly you condone it. but then think again, king gyanendra maybe a samantibad in ur eyes so you pelt stones at his motorcade, in a beggars eye you are a samantibad riding that motorbike u own, someday he will pelt stones at you for merely ridin ur own bike…
PS–has anyone ever thought the possibility of thursdays bandh bein a govt. propaganda to decrease the no. of sadhus’ arriving in ktm, in fear of probable uproar of hindu fumdamentalists???? what you hear and see may not be real after all hmmmmm…haina ta..
Hello Gorkhe,
Maybe you misunderstood “he” it means Gyanendra in my last comment.
MEANS “Gyanendra should have been executed”!!!
Isn’t it shameful to us that Gyanendra could escape from there safely?
“tomorrow it can be puspa kamal, it can be madhav nepal, it can be girija”
Dumb head,
do you really think gyanendra = leaders of nation?
I wonder if you can find any diff between [girija/puspa kamal and Kamal thapa].
you nepali people are so primitive and ignorant. This is what happens when the caste system and religious tradition is uprooted. Here comes the kali-yuga…it has already been written in the mahabharata.
Maoism? – for god’s sake…more like Mickey Mao-se.
Devout Hindu – we are sure on our way to uproot caste system and relegious fanaticism. Wondering where should we dispose them? Why dont you do us a favor and shove it up your ass. You will be truly purged.
As much as I would like the King and the cronies to get the punishments for their deeds, I prefer law and order prevalent in Nepal. Whoever commits a crime needs to be punished, be it a King or a Minister or whoever else, not by anarchist crowd but by proper judicial system.
We Nepalese have a very short memory. The reporter is writing that on Ist Feb, 2004, King took power. It was in 2005. So the journalists are wrting without being accurate. So how they can claim to be working in the big media houses.
..ok lemme explain. yesterday it was the royal regime so the king was the head of the state——>voli republican state huncha, then president will be the head of the state—->president will preferably be one of those leaders we see in TV today—->possibly girija then prachanda, well whoever—->optimistically they will fare better but if they don’t, ani feri pelting stones garne uniharulai pani? when i say leader of the nation, i’m tryin to say head of the state…ok i agree the political leaders are better than king gyanendra in their ideologies, but put them to work and feri uhi ho, kukur biralo jastai, la saathi bujh napachau na, hamile yiniharulai nachineko ho ta…rag nagara na bro, shakti ko bhakti nagarau k, ani k puspa kamal, kamal thapa bhanda nirdosh chha ra vanya, yesto pani sodhne ho bro, answer is self evident. tapai ko family ko koi manislai royal army le mareko chha vaye, tapai ko neighbour ko family ko koi lai maoist le pani mareko chha ni…ani maoism panchayat kaal ma suru vaako ta haina ni, yaad garnus na bro, kilo sera 2 yaad aucha???…there is no difference between girija puspa kamal and kamal thapa. puspa kamal girija ko palama suru vayo, kamale ko palama safal vayo…sabai interrelated chhan so no point in finding differences.
This act is really unacceptable and this 17 year old kid should get a sound beating for his actions. I don’t care who it is but hurling stones is not an act to be condoned. Why shouldn’t this Kid be arrested? Tell me UWB.
This post has shown just how fcuking worthless UWB really is.
Bhudai Pundit,
You are just another a-s-s- -l-i-c-k-e-r of mailo. read about your friends in rakta kunda
UWB: “The king REALLY got stoned during shivaratri!”..that should be the title.
haha..im loving this article.
bhudai ji mukh nachhadau feri tyo 17 yr old ra tapai ma kei bhinnata nahola…
its always been like this…SHAKTI KO BHAKTI kya…yestai ho yaha…its not that we havent seen the SPA perform in the past, how corruption and kukur biralo fight was staged on the street everyday, its not that we havent seen at what conditions the king had to take over…la malai feri pratigami vani sochnu vaako…uff pakhnus na sathi ekchhin yaad garnus ta,….la na jhamtinus na… ek chhin ‘cooly’ yaad garnus ta…sher bahadur thiyo ni tyo bela ma hamro pM……ummm, yaad aayo, yes yes, yaad aayo hai….ho, tyo belama k yaha swarga jastai thiyo ho…yaad garnus ta…? ali aghi ko yaad garne vaye …tyo lauda air naam yad hola ni….ani kilo sera 2…tyo pani gyanendra le nai garna laako hai….eeehh haina kyare, ahile kai girija nai thiyo kyarre…ummm…ani nuwakot ko ‘guru’ ko yaad garnus ta, rukh ko lattha ma haath bandhera mareko, gyanendra le nai mareko ho ulai?? haina kyare, puspa kamal le ho kyare, khai tyestai bhanchhan nuwakote haru…ani astina ko 21 dine jana andolan 2 ma kati marey re…. 22 jana haina?….tyo kamal thapa le garya ho testo…teslai chhodnu hunna …22 jana lai marey hai….launa……pakha pakha….loktantra aye pachi feri 21 dine andolan vaisakyo re haina….tyesma ta jhan 33 jana marey bhanchhan ni….launa jhan dherai po marechhan….kathai bari, pratigami le nai mareka hun tini lai pani……funny situation bro.
Broda, Rakta kunda is a fiction, as said by the writer. If you start taking any fiction as reality, then u should read Salman Rusdie. U will like having sex with your family members.
BREAKING NEWS!!!
BREAKING NEWS!!!
BREAKING NEWS!!!
King reportedly tried to commit suicide right after returning to palace this evening, he is said to be slightly injured and have been rushed to Til Ganga right after.
re ke…hehehehe
Yo Bhudai bhanne manchhe ek chakkar khayera pheri rajako pher samatna gayechha. Achamma chha ba !!! Yo ta sab bhanda loktantrik thiyo k bhayo ?
reminds me of that bob dylan song….
Well, they’ll stone ya when you’re trying to be so good,
They’ll stone ya just a-like they said they would.
They’ll stone ya when you’re tryin’ to go home.
Then they’ll stone ya when you’re there all alone.
But I would not feel so all alone,
Everybody must get stoned.
Well, they’ll stone ya when you’re walkin’ ‘long the street.
They’ll stone ya when you’re tryin’ to keep your seat.
They’ll stone ya when you’re walkin’ on the floor.
They’ll stone ya when you’re walkin’ to the door.
But I would not feel so all alone,
Everybody must get stoned.
They’ll stone ya when you’re at the breakfast table.
They’ll stone ya when you are young and able.
They’ll stone ya when you’re tryin’ to make a buck.
They’ll stone ya and then they’ll say, “good luck.”
Tell ya what, I would not feel so all alone,
Everybody must get stoned.
Well, they’ll stone you and say that it’s the end.
Then they’ll stone you and then they’ll come back again.
They’ll stone you when you’re riding in your car.
They’ll stone you when you’re playing your guitar.
Yes, but I would not feel so all alone,
Everybody must get stoned.
Well, they’ll stone you when you walk all alone.
They’ll stone you when you are walking home.
They’ll stone you and then say you are brave.
They’ll stone you when you are set down in your grave.
But I would not feel so all alone,
Everybody must get stoned.
Well, hurling stone at the king does bode give good news.
Intolerance means something that opens that gate of disaster.
You can campaign for the abolishment of monarchy.
But why to assualt anybody including KG?
Correction:
Well, hurling stone at the king does NOT bode good news.
Intolerance means something that opens the gate of disaster.
You can campaign for the abolishment of monarchy.
But why to assualt anybody including KG?
Thank you.
Hey you fcuking retards stop posting comments with your half – a*sed Nepali. Either write it Nepali script or write it in English because I didn’t understand what the hell you were rambling on about.
Look, fools I am not a huge King G fan. But I don’t like nor support this MOB mentality Nepalese have become acustomed to. If you don’t like the Monarchy fine. But there should be a civilized procudure for expressing your actions and a civilized methodology for removing the monarchy. Hurling stones sure as hell isn’t the way to go about it. Unfortunetly, our Journalists are like pashupathi ko Badahr (monkey), and then we have a whole bunch of juntas like Nepali who thrives on such incidences.
These are the people we should be hurling stones at.
Bhudai,
you are off the limit now!
Eff off, you!
No no no Nepali don’t be like SPAM who run away from problems. Argue your point… I am not going to throw anything at you or burn tires. Tell me what you want to say.
It’s time for the king to abdicate.
UWB condemns the arrest and demands immediate and respectful release of Roshan Kharel? HUH…?
I ” suntali ko Pooe” strongly condemn your view UWB! The guilty should be punished according to their crime..be it Roshan Kharel or Prachande or even you moron!
Doesnt matter who this 17 year old stones…king, girija, prachanda etc…..he should be held accountable for his actions. We should strive to be a society where all views are tolerated. Otherwise whats the difference between Gyanendra’s autrocatic Nepal and the Nepal of today.
hi everyone,
i think we all are celebrating the extream form of democracy in these days. Well ! THIS IS SOME WHAT GOOD. Because we got democarcy only 7 months ago. It is pretty sure that according to GOD FATHER of MODERN NEPAL 2007 pranchanda,—- if the election for constitutional asssembly will not be held in JESTHA then he is going to announce the republic state. Then I think the major enemy of maoist menas monarchy will be gonna to fcuked up. Then according to the GOD Father of Maoist Moa Ze Tung “Kill the main enemy taking help of small enemy” then we can easily take control of other political party …finally we have own peoples republic of nepal. So…… i think same situtation as KING is going to happened to other leaders sooooonnnnn.
The Maoman
Wagle,
Isn’t there a place for law & order in your Maoist raj? This kind of behavior is a bad omen of things to come! Anarchy and Chaos and manpari-tantra is the call of the day!
Maoists parliamentarians entering Singha Darbar with guns! WTF is going on, here?
BTW, that’s a Jag and not a Benz, FYI.
This is extremely bad that we Nepalis have gone so barbaric that we are applauding this act of stoning the king. That means you all, you cone heads !!! Those who know that you can’t do jacks-it about the situation in Nepal but you are so elated to see the nation devastaed in mob rule. I deplore what happened. We all know the king was foolish but have we not the strength enough to remove him if we genuinely feel so ? Stoning the king like that is act of fool, a monkey… may be these were monkeys in Pashupatinath ! But I did not know monkeys could write coments !!!
Wagle and UWB: clear the vast majority of Bloggers have expressed their feeling that this act was not acceptable. Why the hell would you guys write,
“UWB condemns the arrest and demands immediate and respectful release of Roshan Kharel.”
Wagle may I suggest that respond to the bloggers once in a while. I am just very suprised and a little disgusted by this statement. Why should the police release that little vandal tell me…
Watch out! Watch out! Watch out!
Gyanendra and Shimha has instigated Hindus in Birganja with bombs. They have blasted UML office, and government offices on the occasion of Mahashivarati. They want to turn back Nepal to Hindu state.
Unless all united against these regressive forces Nepal might have crussade soon. Hindus are the dangerous force.
So get your act together if not they gonna wipe the jounalists first and then party cadres. Nepal might have to abolish the monarchy before CA elections.
This is gonna be mess. Unless we all united and protect the democracy with our might against GYanendra and Shimha – the Hindu leader – the ex-general of dissolve RNA.
Just as you gets all information wrong and biased, but still hide under the cover by calling yourself journalists, Pashupatinath temple is not biggest temple of Nepal.
And the post also shows your kind of “democracy”, a freedom of throwing stone at others.
Bhudai – I understand your point and I agree that majority of bloggers here still need to move on. I have grown in a foreign culture and I understand how bitter it can be to live like small men, often vulnerable in the midst of them, worse than what many Nepalese living in Nepal take for granted. Its a fertile ground for breeding communual midset, believe me.
dd – while you put it beautifully when you say our ways of expressing resentment are getting more primitive by the day, you choose to attack Bhudai who has put forward an equally good suggestion. Only till recently I was rambling like a mad man in this blog and many might have loved me for that. But by exchanging each others views and accepting the diff we need to make up. It is the least way, we can make any difference.
Wake up and stop kidding yourselves.
And Wagle, I suggest you start reading some serious books on true journalism.
Believe me, for all the mistakes we all make, (you’re no diff), you have this great blog to apply real time.
I’m so disgusted by UWB now…how can u condemn his arrest? i’m really ashamed of these particular uncivilized nepalis…no one should be treated that way whether its the king himself or any general public…and for god sake, he is “The King”, he is ought to have such fancy rides!!!don’t u people get it?? do u people blingfold yourselves when u see those corrupt, uncivilzed and unintelligent politicians riding in fancy pajeros??? u think they deserve it?? king inhereted the money and the property…but where the hell these one time villagers (now saharia) get all that money from to buy those vehicles…
Thanks for the people that they only pelted stones, not bullets or bomb.
And Bhudai, we are lot better in our culture so we did only pelted stones not killed him like in france. He deserved bomb in his a-s-s but nepali people are lot civilized. I wonder if you would have got chance to do same with democratic leaders you would have surely pelted bomb not stone. You are purely a opportunist
” Bhudai,
you are off the limit now!
Eff off, you! ” Wasn’t me!!!
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the slant that UWB had on this news (e.g. stoned by his suppressors etc) exemplifies the biasness of UWB and Kantupur house. In any sane society, no one should stone anyone and when one does out of insanity, the law enforcement agency has to take over. else, I for example, who disagrees with Wagle like groups, can easily pick up a stone and pelt it at Wagle when he is returning from the trek that he went to because I feel supressed by the misinformation that Kantipur has provided this country for the past ten years (I think its been ten years). And if the police were to catch me, my family can demand for an immediate release as UWB has done here. All of this is wrong regardless of who it is directed at. And please, don’t spin the news to make it sound worse than it already is. Your primary job is to inform the people, not to impose your ideologies on them or misinform them as you have done fo so many years.
This type of behavior of a couple of people will lead to a civil war. The madesh is in flames, now we will have king vs. the SPAM war. More bombs, more gunfire, more bands, chakka jams-end result, common people will die and suffer, no political leaders of the King’s party of of SPAM will die.
Only solution is to hold the CA elections on the scheduled time (Jestha).
When Paras used to go on rampage in Discos and fire bullets in clubs on his whim, these royalist shits use to clap hailing his activities: sarkar, jai hos!
Now UWB has demanded release of a teenager whose act hasn’t been proved and these sick thugs are condemning the website. What wrong did Roshan do? Even if he had stoned at Gyandnera, he did because people are protesting against Gyanendra and monarchy. First, tell me what action you want to be taken against Paras for killing Praveen Gurung, raping many other innocent girls and firing at discos. Then we will discuss about Roshan.
What’s problem with you guys? I know you want Gyanendra to be back. Let me tell you this: that will never ever happen in Nepal.
I am surprised that the UWB only condemns the arrest and demands respectful release of that idiot. I was anticipating that you guys would also demand that he be awarded with the greatest medal of honor. On more serious note, this incident was perpetrated by either Madhab Kumar Nepal or Maoists. So, the king was stoned. It’s no big deal. At present the king is trying to save monarchy so they are keeping a low profile and trying to build positive image. The day they realize that it cannot be saved, all these prachandes and stone throwers will have a bullet in their head. If you don’t want law, and want mob rule in Nepal then he will bring you the worst form of it when he loses the crown.
Okay so the King got stoned. We all know he is powerless. Why waste your time UWB with a forgone conclusion. We have all spent too much time on the topic. The way you guys jump at the smallest chance to attack anything regarding the King is pathetic. Do you have the same gusto and guts regarding the bigger threat to democracy – Prachanda and gang? Or is your headlines for the maoists limited to a hijra like OOps …..???
UWB, you’ve lost your marbles! Sure we all despise the King but how can we condone the act of stoning (stone throwing i.e.)? Have you no idea of the importance of law and order and the proper process of justice? Or should anyone with any grievance just take the law into their hands? Legal action should be initiated against that Kharel idiot if he was responsible for the stoning.
Becareful UWB, with such stupid points of view you are fast losing your relevance.
By the way that looks like a Jag (my favourite car) and not a Merc!
UWB has indeed lost its marbles. The only reason I come here is to discuss with other bloggers. I just scroll down the articles because 95% of the time they are WORTHLESS.
Nepali
you are just not even worth debating with but since I am compasionate I will dignify your post with a response. You ask if I would pelt stones at SPA leaders? No as much as I hate those bastards I wouldn’t pelt stones at them. Because as worthless as they are no one deserves to be stoned! Fool, this is the 21st century so don’t make yourself sound smart by comparing this with 14th century France.