The government deposited Rs 12 million in the bank account of Ganga Maya Adhikari, who has been staging hunger strike, demanding justice for her murdered son.
Her son Krishna Prasad Adhikari was murdered after abduction by the then Maoist cadres during the Maoist insurgency in the country.
Ganga Maya was promised Rs 10 million in 2014 by the then government when she ended hunger strike.
“The amount was deposited in the bank account opened in Agriculture Development Bank Limited by the government on Sunday,” informed spokesperson at Ministry for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ramesh Dhakal. He further said that the interest of the compensation amount which sums up to Rs 2 million until the date was also deposited in the account.
Ganga Maya started her last fast-unto-death on May 29 the Republic Day. She ended the hunger strike after Chhabilal Paudel, the main accused in murder of Krishna Prasad Adhikari, surrendered before the court.
Ganga Maya had also demanded accommodation stating that her home was devastated in course of fighting for justice for long.
Krishna Prasad was shot dead on June 6, 2004 in Chitwan when he had been there to meet his grandparents. Later, his father Nanda Prasad died on September 22, 2014 in course of his fast-unto-death for justice. The dead body of Nanda Prasad is still in the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) because Ganga Maya refused to perform the last rights of her spouse until justice was guaranteed to the family.
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