The Surkhet District Court has issued arrest warrants against six individuals including Pancha Singh, chair of the All Nepal National Independent Students’ Union (Revolutionary), the student wing of the ruling CPN (Maoist Centre).

Police Inspector, Krishna Bahadur Khadka, who is also acting spokesperson for the Surkhet District Police Office, said the court issued the warrants in a murder case on Friday.

Raj Bahadur Malla, 17, of Kalikot was murdered in Surkhet on March 9, 2009. Nawaraj, the uncle of the deceased, had filed a complaint against Padam Bahadur Rawat alias Tiger for the murder. Raj Bahadur’s father lodged a supplementary complaint on July 19, 2022, 13 years after the murder.

Based on the complaint, the court issued arrest warrants against Singh, Rawat, Bal Krishna Singh alias Gurans, Tanka Bahadur Singh, Bir Bahadur Malla alias Subhash and Ali Karki alias Ashok.