Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane on Saturday requested the campaigners staging a protest in Kathmandu demanding justice for Nirmala Kurmi to call off their protest.

“I am aware of the sensitivity of the issue. As a Home Minister, I would like to assure you that I will take action against those protecting the guilty. Please be assured and return your home,” said minister Lamichhane while meeting the protestors at Maitighar Mandala in the Capital.

The minister went on to say that he will resign if he fails to ensure justice for the victim. Despite repeated requests from minister Lamichhane, the protestors were unmoved.

“Provide us with justice soon. We will not end the protest without getting justice,” said Ruby Khan, a women’s rights activist and one of the lead protestors from Nepalgunj.

Women, mostly from Nepalgunj, have been staging a sit-in in Kathmandu for the past 17 days demanding justice for Kurmi who is missing for the past 11 years.