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Nepal Police Inspector General of Police Sarbendra Khanal has said the control of crime and guarantee of people’s security was the first and foremost responsibility of police.

Inaugurating the civic-friendly closed-circuit television (CCTV) security system at an assembly hall of Bara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) at Kalaiya, Bara Friday, he said the Nepal police was working round-the-clock for the safety (physical and property) of the people.

He pledged to make no compromise to bring perpetrators /criminals to book, highlighting an equally importance role of civic to control crime in the society. In his views, criminals have no caste and religion and they should not be protected by anyone.

Also addressing the program, BCCI president Binod Saha said for the first time, in the year 2072 BS, five CC cameras had been installed in major locations of the town, bearing in mind the security sensitiveness in the district.

So far, their number has reached 32 and target is for 62.

Bara’s Chief District Officer Bijay Narayan Manandhar expressed his hope that installation of CC cameras inside the town area would help control crimes.

Although 13 years have passed since then rebels CPN Maoist bombed a public passenger bus at Badarmude of Madi in Chitwan district, the family of the victims are still waiting for justice.

Issuing a press release Wednesday, Chairman of INSEC Subodh Raj Pyakurel said although the Comprehensive Peace Accord and various other political agreements had mentioned about the justice to conflict victims including that of notorious Badarmude explosion which took the lives of 38 persons, the victims were still deprived of justice and reparation.

On 6 June 2005, the Maoist cadres planted a landmine targeting the bus with the registration number Na 1 Kha 3245, which was full of passengers at local Badarmude in then Kalyanpur VDC of Madi Valley in Chitwan. A total of 38 innocent people, including three security persons, were killed on the spot, while 72 others injured in the explosion. Among those injured, four died later taking the death toll to 42. Among the injured, 10 are still under regular medication.

In the press release, Chairman Pyakurel expressed concern why the government was delaying to cater justice to the victims of such incident which attracts the national and international law and the humanitarian laws.

Immediately after the incident, Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal had admitted the blunder in a press release and mentioned that it would be investigated and the facts made public.

Moreover, during the 2074 election campaign, Maoist Center Chairman Dahal had agreed with some victims of the Badarmude incident that the victims’ families would be provided employment, subsistence allowance, treatment to the injured ones and construction of a monument

In the press release, INSEC Chair Pyakurel underscored that there were no alternative to justice delivery against such heinous crimes of the conflict. But, the political leadership is felt gradually weakening. The culprits must not be condoned with political patronage, he added.