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inquiring on behalf of Ghartimagar’s family, that they had handed Ghartimagar over to
municipal authorities.
Ghartimagar’s family believed the detainees were rearrested after release. The
“disappearances” were reported to the ICRC and to various human rights
organizations. 85
90. Bal Dev Chowdhury
91. Nirmal Raut 92. Roshani Raut
Eighteen-year-old Nirmal Raut and eighteen-year-old Bal Dev Chowdhury, both from
Gobaddiya VDC, Dang district, were active Maoists. On December 17, 2001 (Poush 2,
2058), one month after the end the first ceasfire period, RNA soldiers captured the two
men while they were sleeping at the home of a villager in Sohanpur village, Sundevri
VDC, Dang district. Upon learning of the arrests, the families went to inform the ICRC
as well as local human rights organizations. The families have received no information
about the fate of the two men since their arrests. 86
Nirmal Raut’s wife, seventeen-year-old Roshani Raut, was detained by Nepali security
forces in an area police post in Rajpur VDC, Dang district on January 2, 2002 (Poush 18,
2058). Roshani Raut had joined CPN-M following her marriage to Nirmal Raut, and had
become an underground activist.
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Human Rights Watch interview with a relative of Nanda Bahadur K.C., Dang, September 25, 2004.
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Human Rights Watch interview with a relative of Nirmal and Roshani Raut, Dang, September 25, 2004;
Human Rights Watch interview with a relative of Bal Dev Chowdhury, Dang, September 25, 2004.
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