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Sub-inspector Threatens Journalist

2014-01-29

Dhankuta,praharika SI dwara patrakaar laai dhamki. Sub-inspector at the District Police Office Pratima Rai has threatened Dhankuta reporter of Kantipur Daily Abadesh Kumar Jha on January 15. According to Jha, SI Rai threatened him over phone regarding the news of policemen not getting tailoring cost for uniform published in the January 29 edition of the daily. Jha had arrived at the DPO after Rai called him at the police office. Rai and other junior rank officers had threatened him again while he was shaking hands with DSP Rameshwor Karki. He has filed a written complaint at the Federation of Nepali Journalists feeling unsafe. SP Ishwari Prasad Chapagain of the DPO offered apology when a team of FNJ led by its central member Siddharaj Rai reached the DPO. SP Chapagain said that action would be taken against the culprit.

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