04 October 2007
Birendra Shah
Other non-natural
The body of journalist Birendra Shah, who was murdered by Maoists after abduction, was found on 8 November.
The body was dug out by journalists, local villagers and a police search team in Dumrabana village, Bara, according to our correspondent. Shah's skeleton was dug out along with bullet shells and clothing from a spot very different from where the Maoists had indicated that the body was.
Shah was abducted by Maoists from Pipara Bazaar, Bara on 18 Asoj [4 October] and he was murdered the same day. The Maoist leadership which had been feigning innocence about the abduction and murder accepted the crimes of its party workers only after a month. Local journalists have charged the Maoists of not cooperating in searching for the body despite their acceptance of the crime.
