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Probe Dalit youth’s murder: PM
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Wednesday directed the Ministry of Home Affairs and security agencies to form a committee to investigate the alleged murder of Ajit Mijar, a Dalit youth from Panchkhal in Kavre district.bookmark
Published at : August 25, 2016
Updated at : August 25, 2016 08:54
Kathmandu
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Wednesday directed the Ministry of Home Affairs and security agencies to form a committee to investigate the alleged murder of Ajit Mijar, a Dalit youth from Panchkhal in Kavre district.
During a meeting with PM Dahal, representatives of Dalit rights organisations sought state initiatives to probe into the murder of 18-year-old youth.
According to Dalit activists, Mijar was murdered in a case related to inter-caste marriage.
Mijar was found hanging on a waiting stand in Gajuri in Dhading district on
July 13.
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