Kathmandu: A writ against Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda has been registered at the Supreme Court concerning the 10-year-long armed conflict-era cases.
Earlier, the Supreme Court has ordered the court administration to register two writ petitions against Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, also the Maoist party chief, for declaring that he would take the responsibility of 5000 of the total 17,000 deaths during the country’s armed conflict (1996-2006).
Responding to a case filed by 20 individuals mostly victims of the conflict era, a division bench of the Supreme Court Justices Ishwor Prasad Khatiwada and Hari Prasad Phuyal on Friday ordered the court administration to register the petitions filed against Prachanda.
Advocate Gyanendra Aran and Kalyan Budhathoki of Ramechhap filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court demanding that Prachanda, the then supremo of the decade-long armed conflict, be arrested and investigated.
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