2013-04-24
Court’s chief Judge Chandi Raj Dhakal issued the verdict after hearing the case filed by the Federation of Nepalese Journalist.
Rohit Koirala, another accomplice in the attack, has been sentenced with a six month jail term while the then district vice-chairperson of Youth Association Parsuram Basnet who was said to be mastermind of the attack on the Biratnagar-based scribe Dhakal, was given a clean chit.
Journalist Dhakal was assaulted on the night of June 5, 2011.
Dipen Neupane