SC orders govt to free Kamal Thapa
Acting on a habeas corpus writ petition, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the government to release former Home Minister Kamal Thapa.
A division bench of justices Kapil Shrestha and Gauri Dhakal issued the release order stating that there’s no sufficient reason to keep Thapa in custody.
The release order came a day after the Home Ministry sent a written clarification to the apex court saying there was no need to examine Thapa’s case as he has been sent to preventive detention under the Peace and Security Act 1989 after sufficient evidences that he was involved in fueling unrest in Terai region during the agitations organised by Madhesi people.
The Home Ministry also said "the court’s intervention was not necessary as per Clause 11 of the Act.”
The former minister, who was arrested on January 29, was handed three-month detention warrant on January 31. One of the key figures in the erstwhile royal government, Thapa is also accused of ordering brutal clampdown on 19-day pro-democracy agitations last April. nepalnews.com mk Feb 14 07
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