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later reported to INSEC, who informed the ICRC and NHRC of the “disappearance,”
but there has been no further information. 59
63. Hari Prasad Poudel (alias Tate)
On December 11, 2001 (Mangshir 26,
2058), RNA troops arrested twenty-sixyear-old
Hari Prasad Poudel, together
with another CPN-M member, when he
was traveling on a bus from Pokhara town
to his home village in Kaskikot VDC,
Kaski district.
A relative of Poudel was also arrested the
same day from a local school where he teaches, and spent three days in detention at an
army barracks around Pokhara, most likely the Fulbari army barracks, with Poudel and
the other CPN-M member (who was later released). After three days, the relative was
transferred to the Kaski district police headquarters, and released from there three days
later, but was required to report to the police every fifteen days. Since then, the family
has had no contact with Poudel. A released detainee told them he had seen Poudel at the
Fulbari army barracks during January-February, 2002 (Margh 2058). The family has
heard rumors that Poudel was later killed during a staged “encounter,” but has been
unable to confirm this rumor.
Poudel was a Kaski district committee member of the Maoist-affiliated All-Nepal Free
Students’ Union (Revolutionary). Because of Poudel’s known status as a Maoist
symphatizer, the family was too afraid to approach the RNA or CDO for information.
The “disappearance” was reported to INSEC and the ICRC. 60
Dang
64. Pramila Chowdhury
On the morning of April 8, 2004 (Chaitra 26, 2060), fifteen-year-old student Pramila
Chowdhury was on her way home to Hadime, Bijaure VDC-6. At around 10 a.m., a
large group of uniformed RNA soldiers who arrived in two trucks arrested her near
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Human Rights Watch interview with a relative of Rita Nepali, Kaski, September 22, 2004.
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Human Rights Watch interview with a relative of Hari Prasad Poudel, Kaski, September 22, 2004.
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