by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 21, 2023On December 16, 2001, Sita Ram Tharu was sitting in a tea stall near his house in Manpur village in Bardiya district when a group of security personnel arrested him accusing him of being a Maoist. Dozens of security personnel in combat fatigues with faces covered by bandanas took him away assuring his family that he would be brought back home after a brief inquiry. Twenty-two…