07 February 2004
Padma Raj Devkota
Other non-natural
Security forces killed journalist Padma Raj Devkota in the remote western district of Jumla.
Devkota had been working as editor-in-chief of "Burichula" newspaper. "Bhurichula" is published twice monthly, occasionally from the district where Devkota was killed.
According to the daily "Samacharpatra", the journalist was killed during routine security operations in the area. Devkota also worked as a local correspondent for "Nepal Today" magazine and "Karnali Sandes" which are published in Kathmandu. The security forces claim that Devkota was killed along with six Communist Part of Nepal (CPN-Maoist) rebels.
