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Threat To Reporters In Nepal
By KTM Metro Reporter
March 16, 2011: in a press release posted on scoop.co.nz on Tuesday, 15 March 2011, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) quoting the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) has said that Chief District Officer of Parsa District Nagendra Jha has allegedly threatened Nepal Samacharpatra journalist Deepak Gautam to lay false charges of drug dealing or arms smuggling against Gautam after he has reported Jha accepting bribes to settle cases registered in the Parsa District Administration Office.
The FNJ has also raised concerns about the shooting on Chairman of National Television Nepal Yunus Ansari on March 10. Hired gunman Jasjeet Singh of Uttar Pradesh, India has shot Ansari at the Central Jail in Kathmandu, Nepal, where Ansari has been serving the jail sentence for possession of counterfeit Indian currency and illegal drugs. He has sustained a bullet injury on his shoulder but survived the attack, an FNJ report has said.
Gunman Jasjeet Singh has admitted that he got Indian Rupees 1.5 million (US$ 32,500) for killing Ansari. Police have yet to find out the motive for the attempt on his life but it must be linked to his role in a transnational currency racket, the report said.
The press release says, “The IFJ joins with the FNJ in calling for investigations into the shooting of Yunus Ansari and the threats made against Pawan Yadav and Deepak Gautam.”
