South Asian News Network

Kathmandu, April 3: Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak has vowed stringent action against those involved in violent attack on journalists and media houses during the March 28 demonstration at Tinkune, Kathmandu. Fair investigation into the violent incidents would find those behind the atrocities, he added. Home Minister Lekhak made such pledge during a meeting with a team led by General Secretary of the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ), Ram Prasad Dahal, on Wednesday. The FNJ delegation submitted a memorandum to Minister Lekhak. It was an anarchic and violent demonstration orchestrated by those sans ideology, Lekhak reminded, adding that the anarchic mob was intended to perpetrate crimes. “The mob crossed every limit, thereby putting journalists and media houses at the receiving end. Nepal government is serious on it,” he stressed. He shared information on relief assistance to be provided to the family of victim journalist Suresh Rajak and another injured journalist. On the occasion, FNJ General Secretary Ram Prasad Dahal requested the Home Minister to investigate well the atrocities meted out on media houses and death of an on-duty journalist during the demonstration, and to take a stringent action on culpable ones. Information on it was shared by Home Minister’s secretariat. —-