Gaur killing update:Rautahat police on March 24 arrested six persons from district headquarters Gaur and Sirsiya village on suspicions of having being involved in Wednesday’s deadly Maoist-Madhesi People’s Rights Forum (MPRF) clash that claimed 28 lives. The police had made the arrests during a series of house-to-house searches today, district police office, Rautahat said.The names of the six, however, have not been publicized. (details) Also: India to Help Nab Assailants
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The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) today held a memorial service for the Maoist cadres who died in Wednesday’s Rautahat carnage at Tundikhel’s Khulla Manch in Kathmandu. Maoist Chairman Prachanda draped party flags over the bodies as a mark of respect. The Maoists had airlifted the bodies of 25 of their fellow activists who were killed in the clash with the Madhesi Peoples’ Rights Forum (MPRF or MJF) cadres to the capital yesterday.
A Photo Blog. All photos taken in Open Air Theater in Kathmandu. All pics by Wagle. Captions will be added later.
It was a day for mourning not only for the Maoists of Nepal but also for those who are praying for the success of the peace process. And it was yet another historic day for Nepal as Kathmandu saw what was unthinkable before: 25 dead bodies of the Maoists cadres were lined up in open air theater this afternoon. They were all Maoists, attendants of the memorial service in Tundikhel were told, and 17 of them were verified by the party. The spectacular show of the corpses has one strong message: how far the Maoists have come in the past one year. During the insurgency Maoists would carry away the corpses of their comrades along with them; they would hide the corpses, bury them quickly or even try to reduce the actual number of casualties on their side. Today it’s a different scenario. They are involved in the peace process, their arms (not all though) have been put inside the UN supervised cantonment sites, they are represented in the parliament, and, comrades are on the verge of joining the interim government. That is why Maoists publicly displayed the corpses amidst a ceremony that was attended by major political leaders of the parties in the ruling alliance. Speaker of the parliament and Home Minister also briefly attended the memorial service.
Here is a vidoe from the venue: (Another video inside)
Maoists say they didn’t start the Gaur fighting (and a team of human rights activists have concluded that the massacre was perpetrated by the professional criminals), they didn’t fire bullets. Instead, Maoists are demanding that the government should take action against the attackers. Expressing the commitment to the peace process Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, the second in command in the Maoist party, said that such incident would not obstruct the peace process. He said: “We might have done some technical mistake [by choosing the same venue for the Gaur meeting] but we didn’t start the fight. Those who attacked us were militarily trained. We Maoists are also militarily trained and no one without military training can attack us [that way].” At one point, Dr. Bhattarai asked: “What if others declare war against us?” The crowd responded: Fight back, fight back! [Prachanda, the Maoist chairman, was present in Tundikhel but didn’t address the meeting. When the announcer said Dr. Bhattarai would address the ceremony as the last speaker, Dr. Bhattarai appeared stunned. It appeared that he was insisting Prachanda to speak. They took a few seconds and Ramchandra Poudel, who was seated aside Prachanda, intervened! He sounded like, jo bole pani bhaihalchhani, janus na Bhattarai ji! [Doesn’t matter who speaks, go and speak Dr. Bhattarai! I didn’t hear these words but mentioning these based on the body language and facial expression of three leaders. So you have the liberty to not to believe this.]
Maoists want all killed to be declared martyrs and they ghearoed the rostrum of the parliament today to make the point. We can expect the Maoists to try to hunt down the perpetrators of Gaur massacre if the government doesn’t strongly and efficiently act. The Maoist party leadership will come into strong pressure from the cadres if government fails to bring the criminals to justice.
Dr. Bhattarai said:
The naike (derogatory word for leader) of the criminal group [read that as MPRF] must be arrested and the outfit must be outlawed. They can’t do such criminal thing. People might tell us that we had also fought in the past. Yes, we fought against the state openly declaring that and denouncing the then constitution. But how can you wage arms if you claim to support the present constitution and political setup. If you want to fight, first say that you don’t support the constitution.
Another video 2 (from the same day but added on March 24)
Another video 3 (from the same day but added on March 24)
Committee Formed to Probe Gaur Massacre; Unilateral, Unacceptable, says CPN Maoist
An emergency meeting of the Council of Ministers was held at Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala’s Baluwatar residence on Friday to discuss Wednesday’s Gaur carnage and security situation in the country. The meeting also decided to set up a four-member judiciary committee headed by the Patan Appellate Court judge, Hari Prasad Ghimire to launch an investigation into the Gaur incident. According to sources, the committee has been directed to submit its report within 15 days. The committee also includes officiating secretary of Rastriya Satarkata Kendra Ram Sarobar Dube, Joint Attorney General Tika Bahadur Hamal and Deputy Inspector General Niraj Pun as its members. The cabinet meet has also urged all parties, civil society and general public to help make the Constitution Assembly (CA) elections successful by making a commitment to prevent such acts of violence from recurring.
Talking to media persons outside Baluwatar, government spokesperson and Minister for Information Dilendra Prasad Badu said that the government was committed to initiate action against those responsible as per the committee’s report. Badu further informed that the meeting had decided to heighten security for the CA elections. Meanwhile, stating that the government had formed the probe committee with a unilateral approach, Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai today said that the committee was unacceptable to them. During today’s meeting, Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula, who had gone to Gaur on Thursday to inspect the situation there, briefed the cabinet about the clash that occurred two days ago.
According to sources, the Council of Ministers criticized Sitaula, claiming that the incident had occurred due to the lack of foresight on the part of local security agencies. Meanwhile, PM Koirala today discussed the Gaur killings and formaiton of the interim government with Nepali Congress (NC) leaders this morning. Likewise, the PM had also debriefed the Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) Rukmangat Katuwal regarding the country’s security situation.
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139 responses to “Dead Bodies On Their Sides, Maoists in Nepal Publicly Mourn Gaur Massacre”
May the departed souls rest in peace.
Jasi Karni whesi bharni.
It’s sad, very sad indeed. Hopefully, Maoists will learn from this.
This should be grave concern for all Nepali and united against Madhesi Janatantrik Forum to bring its leaders to justice for mass murder by the hired gundas of Bihar with the money of Madhesi royalists Mandales. The leaders of MJF must be arrest immidiately against MJF’s violent protest and mass murder – public massacre which has shaken the Nepali and world communities.
Is this the true face ‘Madhesi Janatantric Forum’? MJF or MPRF is nothing but organization of Mandales of Madhes managed by the Madhesi royalists and extremist Hindus of Bihar who would desparetely like to make Nepal Hundu state on the face of the earth. Because they cannot make Hindu state in India. It is shame on them to expect Nepal Hindu state living in Bihar.
is this clear now that MJF Leaders are paid gundas of Madhesi royalists and Hindu extermists? How inhumanaly they have killed people – raping, chopping the breasts! This is horror! MJF must be band on the fact that they are Mandale gundas of Madhes – the mass murderers – evidence is ‘Gaur massacre’ read the breaking news:
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Rights activists reveal shocking details of Gaur attack
Human rights activists have revealed shocking and gory details of how people were murdered in cold blood in course of Gaur attack on Wednesday.
The group of rights activists who made on-field inspection on Thursday has informed that over one dozen persons were murdered in cold blood in a grisly manner. The rights activists have informed that murderers raped five women and cut off their breasts before killing them. Over one dozen persons were chased five to eight kilometers before they were killed. In total, 28 persons have died in the incident.
The rights activists have also suspected that organised criminal gang must have been involved in the attack. “Looking at the grisly manner of killing, one cannot imagine that any political organisation can engage in such act,” said Padma Ratna Tuladhar, a member of the group.
The activists have also informed that those who were killed have been found to have sustained grave wounds in their heads. Bamboo sticks and spears have been used repeatedly to smash their heads, they informed.
The group of rights activists who went to Gaur on Thursday include Dr. Mathura Prasad Shrestha, Dr. Arjun Karki, Dr. Gauri Shankar Lal Das, Padma Ratna Tuladhar, Daman Nath Dhungana, Subodh Pyakurel, Gauri Pradhan, Bishnu Pukar Shrestha and Bimal Chandra Sharma. nepalnews.com sd Mar 23 07
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Any political leaders before supporting MJF must think twice though general demands of Nepali people (not only Madhesi) is for the federal governance structures. This is not only Madhesi demands as so called marginalized people.
Warning to political party leaders not to call MADHESI DEMAND as DEMAND for “FEDERAL GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES FOR AUTONOUS AND SELF-GOVERING CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS FOR THE FEDERATION OF UNIONS OF NATION – SUCH AS REGIONS, VILLAGES AND CITIES.
THIS IS NEPALI DEMAND AND DEMAND OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES AND DONORS TO HAVE PEOPLE DIRECTLY PARTICATE IN THE NATION BUILDING PROCESS THROUGH ELECTORAL DEMOCRATIC PROCEDURES.
HEY POLITICAL LEADERS MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT IN YOUR UTTERANCES – ‘HODL ON YOUR TONG’
Maoists should stop using their cadre’s for bullying arround other’s. All political parties have responsibility not to put life of anyone at risk for their political purposes.
By continuing bullying maoists are putting their cadre under danger, they are putting cadre’s of other parties, normal people etc also under danger as maoist cadres are trained and carry weapons. And most importantly they are losing credibility among people. They are cutting the same branch they are standing.
But then I am saying all this as I assume that maoists can change. Otherwise their track record suggests that death of people means nothing to them.
is this clear now that MJF Leaders are paid gundas of Madhesi royalists and Hindu extermists?
I don’t know what are the omni-present and omni-potent royalists doing in the MJF. But one thing is sure that maoists trying to disrupt function of MJF can not be royalist conspiracy unless durbar controls maoists.
Maoists have disrupted MJF functions in past as well. They have also beaten the so called royalists in eastern region.
I am not justifying the killings. But just reminding that maoists are more responsible for the loss of lives… And this is not first time the whole MJF became big thing only because maoists killed one of its cadre and Home minister did not look like being interested in punishing the culprit.
So when you talk of banning MJF talk of banning maoists too. Any lay man will tell you that MJF is just a tiny child infront of maoists when it comes to voilence.
Too Bad !!!!
Santi dhamilyauna khojne lai kada bhanda kada karbahi garnu parchha
the action against the costitutional assembly !!
This is a litmus case to test the civility of madhesi community.
There is no point to justify the henious act of MJF. As Babu Ram Bhattarai correctly put it, is not logical to compare the past activities of maoist with that of MJF. MJF have to first declare if their movement is armed or unarmed, and behave accordingly. Why there is no any official statement from them?
I think this foolish act MJF helped maoists to regain strategic upper hand in country’s politics at the very crucial movement.
Prachand/baburam must have thanked MJF!
It gets more disturbing. Take a look at this.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6483671.stm
This from the BBC:
Heinous massacre’
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour has condemned the killings, calling for those responsible to be held to account.
About a dozen bodies were recovered from one spot. They had their heads broken after being hit
Police official Kuber Kadayat
She said her office had confirmed that most of those killed died of severe head wounds apparently inflicted by bamboo sticks.
Many rounds of gunfire were heard at the time of the clashes.
A BBC reporter in Gaur says activists of the Madheshi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) are believed to have set fire to the Maoist podium at the meeting ground.
Five Maoists were killed on the spot with sharpened poles; others were chased around the town and to a village where at least 10 were killed at a Hindu temple.
Listen Maobadi, this is your first lesson, there is more to come you bastards and no terrorist should be called a martry, if thats the case then every soldier of the Nepal Army should be a martyr.
May there be more lessons like this for these terrorits who ahve terrorized nepal and did the same to people who have not come into the media yet.
jai Nepal
May their souls rest in peace!
The Nepal Government is unable to maintain Law and Order! The government should make law and order their first priority, not the power game!
i m 100% with u matribhumi.
Self-defense is the right, not a subject of judgement how it is done. There was no one to protect and defend the victims of Nepalgunj and Lahan. There has been no one to defend general people from being: bullied, discriminately ruled for centuries, forced to migrate; extorted; intimidated for decades. Every right to live as a free and content person has been taken away. Now people are rising to protect themselves, regain their innate rights, and cleanse the evils of the society. This is real revolution not the power sharing trickery of the opportunists. Nepal had yet to go through this phase.
Matribhumi, bajra and the likes,
I am curious to know if you guys still believe that Maoists can be defeated militarily. How do you think that the looming communist threat in Nepal can be diffused ? What kind of political system do you want ?
At a time when Maoist army has expanded and they are everywhere including Kathmandu, I think that it is foolish to dream that they should be provoked to go back to war. On top of that the (R)NA is completely demoralized so there is no way that you can kill all the Maoists.
FYI ….
defintely thier souls rest in hell! Keep in mind that they also had butchered countless lives! Be happy!!1
What goes around comes around. Nobody can escape the natural justice.
sheer madness, mass hysteria. ban both YCL and MJF.
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See more photos of the program here.
ABC,
I don’t understand you at all? Why should MJF declare theselves as armed or not? Did not the MJF ask the government to prevent interventions of the maoists into their peaceful gatherings? Did not the MJF ask the government to prosecute the maoist who shot dead a madhesi? What do you mean this tests the civility of Madhesis? What civility in Nepal? Tell me, who can kill innocent nepalis and how many? Who have the rights to kill and not get prosecuted? Had Sitaula shown balls to prosecute the maoists when they committed crime instead of aplauding it, may be it would not have come to this? For god’s sake, sitaula apologized to the maoist mp (bista) one behalf of other parliamentarians who protested agains bista bringing a gun into the parliament. God, can’t you see that words like humanity, democracy, civility or ethics are self defined and there are no rules and regulation in this country now. If you have guns, you are right and if you don’t, may god have mercy on you. I hate to say this, but time has come for all citizens to arm themseleves for their own protection because i can bet your ass that the home ministers not going to do it.
Somebody write an entry regarding Maoists call for banning the Forum!!!
Vashek,
This is a land of the free. There is no banning here. Here everything is allowed and free if you have the muscles.
Anti-Maoists commentators have got their brain upside down and backside up, are thus regressive elements who down play democracy and peace.
If you really agrevatting the Maoists to confront the royalists like you then if the Maoists are committed to democracy for the people and nation then you should put your mouth on your ‘gu-aaune-chakh’ and chush your own ‘tatti’.
What we want here that the Maoists remain calm and fulfill their commitments for democracy and peace. Once the ‘Federal Democratic Republic’ is established then the Maoists should show their true streingth for the people and nation if they have.
These royalists online and with MJF are trying to discourage the peace and democratic process – especially the elections of CA that will establish the foundation of democracy.
However, the Maoists intelligencia must keep the list of these anti-peace and anti-democratic royalists on the blogs and nepalnews.com – track their physical computer ids from where they are accessing. These jacccckaaaaas are dengerous and deterimental to peace and democracy.
If democracy and peace accord fails then nation must track these asssssis accountable. Perhaps we need to hunt them down house by house, location by location for justice.
NPRF,
Someone is tracking you down right now.
Ban Maoist, they started killing, they have always brought guns and gundas from India. They are to be blamed for the carnage.
If we accept Mr. Prachanda and Dr. Bhattarai then we have to accept MJF. We should now make MJF leaders home Mininster and Defence Mininster. Afterall, maosit also are vying the same after killing 13000 Nepalese.
Home and Defence Mininster for Madhesis will also reduce ethnic divide in the country. MJF deserves better than RNA.
Sad, life was lost.
WTF, Mahara wants border to be sealed, hhhhhaaaa, Fu**, isn’t he one of the Moth**FUC**, who always used that same border to win against RNA.
MJF ideology is concerned with the local cause and local situation. It is by far more ideal than outdated Mao, Marx and Lenin… and others. It was Maoist, who started division in the name of ethinicity, religion and everything else. Throwing King and Paras will not solve MJF issue. CA makes no fuckin sense while issues of ethinicity remains in country. What will be the value of CA if MJF (definitely a big group now) and other ethnic right groups boycotts the election (just like Maoist did).
In my opinion CA is another name of Bahunbad and some pahade cheetri. Afterall, Mr. Prachada (aka Mr. Dahal…, what a disguise), Dr. Bhattarai, Mr. Mahara and all the followers of CA are either Bahuns or Pahade Chettri.
Solve the issues first and then call election or else CA is good for nothing.
Keep it up MJF, now kill Mr. Prachanda, Dr. Bhattarai, Gyane, and Makune.
CA will then be peaceful and Nepal a better place.
Poor soul of gaur carnage are the deeds of these MF’s
hey Nepali People’s Rights Forum,
do u remember how maoist used to kill humble school teacher n civilian in villages? i still remember one teacher in some village tying his hand in the tree, kneeling him down, chopping in his knee and his head. when u compare with that this Gaur incident is nothing. and afterall all credit for this incident goes to jungali maoist and their uncivilize activities. and in democratic state everyone has right to free speech and can open political party. otherwise maoist mentality is worse criminal than other, they sholdn’t either.
Nepali People’s Rights Forum:
Bring it on Bitch!
Nepali People’s Rights Forum:
“Anti-Maoists commentators have got their brain upside down and backside up”
Well at least we have a brain.
You fu*cking dumb naive looser go and watch American Idol and refrain from commenting on anything to do with politics. Dimwit! people like you – pesudo half assed intellectual, self rigious, wanna be journalist are the REAL danger to Nepal. You probably just finished with a political science class at some thrid rate commnunity college and now you think you can start preaching democracy? Think again.
It is obviously a sad moment. However, where were these leaders both the Maoists and SPA when many thousands Nepali were butchered in the similar fashion. This equally applies to modern day bloggers as well. If the Maoist feel that the Government should ban the other Forum or Group how about banning the communism from the entire world? Do you see any progress in your ideology?
Just looked at this two faced hypocrite:
Nepali People’s Rights Forum. On one hand he advocates domocracy.
On the other hand he wants to track people down and hunt them from house to house for expressing their views.
I abhor the Maoists, especially those in the higher ranks. They are scum. Having being responsible for a war which resulted in 13,000 deaths, they now want to enjoy the perks of political life. Look at that fat one, Prachanda, who looks like he bathes in Vanaspati ghee, talk about freedom and democracy and drive around Kathmandu as if he was heir to the Shah throne.
This coward, who lived in a safe house in India and now lectures us, should be humiliated by being garlanded in slippers, put in a cage, and paraded throughout the country, leaving out not even one street. This country should see this clown for the coward that he really is.
Having said that, what happened in Gaur was horrific. Beating people on the head with bricks and latthis till they were dead and goring them to death with pointed sticks, not to mention dismembering women, is every bit as brutal as the worst Maoist atrocities. I can understand why the MJF cadre would feel a need for revenge, given that the authorities never investigated that one death, but to take that revenge out in such a brutal manner can’t help anyone, not least Nepal’s image as a land of peace. If we live in the land of the Buddha, this is certainly not a good way to advertise that.
As do you Pundit.
What’s really the mystery here is who was better armed. I would think the Maoists, but if they were, then how did they take such a huge loss?
My fear is that if it becomes evident that the Maoists are not as well armed as we’ve been led to believe, we could have more situations like this.
We need to capture prachanda and baburam first, the cut their tongues after chopping off their both hands so that they won’t be able to speak their outdated maoism principle. I think their days are numbered.
From the reports that are coming in about the Gaur killings to me it appears that this was pre-meditated. Such cold blooded and grisly killings simply cannot be a result of ‘in the heat of the moment’ clashes. The unprepared Maoists fell into a well set trap. It is clear from the nature of the killings that it has been done to provoke the maximum outrage from which the perpeutrators hope would lead to more chaos and disturbances in the country. This is not the work of ordinary Madeshi activists demanding their rights. I am no Maoist sympathizer but I can see something very wrong here.
Horning if you have something to say – say it. What is your allegation against me?
Prachandas, Baburams.. are the main culprits who introduced gun culture afterall. If they were shot down or better hanged up in Tudikhel, then rats like Upendrans, Sitanandans,or whomever those be; definitely take refuse in Bihar. Until and unless there remains an ugly moustache of Prachanda, some Bats will definitely come out of the den and hunt.
Also, those hunted in Gaur were the insects and there should not come any sympathy for them at all. But the Crux is untouched and unharmed, so needs somebody to crack the poisonous nut! Maobad… Murdabad!!
I find some of the bloggers comments on the Gaur massacre shameful. Yes we all hate Maoists-personally I detest them. But should the grisly killing of 28 Nepalis in Gaur be celebrated with such glee as a lot of the bloggers are doing right now? During the Maoists-Police-Army battles did you people not feel sorry for each and every individual killed? Some of you bloggers are amazingly shameful.
Kill for gain or shoot to maim
But we dont need a reason
The golden goose is on the loose
And never out of season
Some blackened pride still burns inside
This shell of bloody treason
Heres my gun for a barrel of fun
For the love of living death.
The killers breed or the demons seed,
The glamour, the fortune, the pain,
Go to war again, blood is freedoms stain,
But dont you pray for my soul anymore.
2 minutes to midnight
The hands that threaten doom.
2 minutes to midnight
To kill the unborn in the womb.
The blind men shout let the creatures out
Well show the unbelievers
The napalm screams of human flames
Of a prime time belsen feast…yeah!
As the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy,
We oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies.
The body bags and little rags of children torn in two
And the jellied brains of those who remain to put the finger right on you.
As the madmen play on words and make us all dance to their song,
To the tune of starving millions to make a better kind of gun.
Nepali People’s Rights Forum, You are a Fraud and a Hypocrite. On one Hand, you Advocate Ethnic Rights ( for your own ethnicity) and then You Condemn another Ethnic Group that has shown the Courage to Stand Up.
As for me, I am Waiting for my Brethren to Wake Up. And Oh Yes, Blood Will Flow.
Rame Bro, Where do You see Pahade Chhetris in this CA-SPA-Maoist-MJF equation?
Bhudai Pundit, I have been reading you’re posting for some time now, and vulgarity, biases, personal attacks, and disrespect for others have increased dramatically. What I don’t see are the analysis, newsworthy views, insights which I know you’re capable.
I’d really like to know when this slime Sitaula is going to step down. This guy is totally spineless.
Manan and others who are seeking bloods of the Maoists and its leaders, just think for a moment and know that they are your fellow Nepalese too; if nothing else mere mortal human being just like you. The time is NOT for revenge but reconciliation and peace Just pray that Maoist will not have to retreat to jungle warfare again and that Nepal will become a what once it was…..
Mr moriarty ! where are you? It seems you are pretty happy? and Kantipur patrika News buisness Company- it may be sad for you -to write something that may give sympathy for maoist and apathy to the US gov.
Suntali Ko Pooe, I think you are mistaken bakhara for Suntali.
If you were a Suntali ko pooe, she would have put some sense and morality in you. Suntali was only in your mind, you kept yelling Suntali, suntali.. only respond you got was baa..baa. blllaa bla.
This blog is free, but its not your toxic dump.
Time to put ABC into words, words into sentences and sentences it to meaningful statements. I hope you ABC will continue to expand his knowledge and wisdom and leave US and Moriarty alone.
These moist terrerist got what they deserve. “As you show so shall you reap” This is the natural phenamenon. They “moist” only started this kind of killing in Nepal so it is good to kill them. They are Jungli and we should chese them to Jungle.