By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, May 26, 2023The government has asked the President’s Office to release Resham Lal Chaudhary, the jailed leader of the Nagarik Unmukti Party, through presidential pardon on Republic Day next week. The government made the request on Wednesday. Former lawmaker Chaudhary has been serving a life term at the Capital’s Dillibazar prison after being convicted of masterminding the 2015 Tikapur massacre. It was only on May 16 that…
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By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, May 17, 2023The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the decisions of lower courts to convict Resham Lal Chaudhary, a former lawmaker, in connection with the August 2015 Tikapur incident that saw seven police personnel and a toddler killed. Rejecting Resham’s plea for a clean chit, a division bench of justices Anand Mohan Bhattarai and Nahakul Sudedi concluded that he should face life imprisonment. Resham, along with ten others—who…