Journalist and Chairperson at kapurbot.com Santosh Deuja was attacked while reporting in Chitwan on December 4. Chitwan lies in Bagmati Province of Nepal.
Journalist Deuja wrote on his Facebook post that cadres of Rastriya Swatanta Party (RSP) attacked him while reporting on the protest against the ongoing investigation on the party president and former Home Minister Ravi Lamichhane. He had to take refuge in a house nearby to escape the attack.
Leader Lamichhane has been facing charges of cooperative fraud and money laundering.
Deuja said that the attack was intended to kill him because he published news exposing the party’s activities in the past.
Police arrested Dipak Sedhain of RSP for allegedly attacking journalist Deuja on December 19.
Freedom Forum condemns the attack upon journalist. It is sheer violation of press freedom. Freedom Forum strongly urges the concerned authorities to provide security to Deuja to prevent any untoward incident against him.
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