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Name of Victim: Ajit Mijar
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Address: Hokse-6 Kavrepalanchowk
Discrimination type: Murder
Incident Narrative:
2073 Asar 23: Ajit Mijar (Dhakal), 18 and Kalpana Parajuli, 17 of Kavrepalanchowk district got married.
2073 Asar 24: Kalpana’s family registered First Information Report (FIR) against Ajit, under the Muluki Ain, 2020 as marriage under 20 without parents’ consent is illegal. Both families were summoned for discussion.
2073 Asar 25: The police officials and the girl’s family forced the couple to separate. Kalpana’s family members also threatened to kill Ajit at any cost.
2073 Asar 27: Ajit Mijar went missing as he left home with Rs 50 to buy a recharge card.
2073 Asar 30: Body found in hanging state in Dhading, Parewatar.
2073 Shrawan 1: The police had already buried the dead body found hanging on a wooden waiting-place near Furke Khola of Gajuri and denied to dig up the body. The body was exhumed only after Mr. Sitaram Ghale, Member Secretary of the National Dalit Commission, informed and secured permission from the Ministry of Home Affairs and requested to dig up the body and hand it over to the family. The face was unrecognizable as if acid had been thrown on his face, and despite the police claim that an autopsy was conducted, there were no cuts on his body.
2073 Shrawan 2: FIR in Dhading Ilaka Prahari Karayalaya Gajuri against Bhojraj Prajuli, Samjhana Parajuli and Tekbahadur Parajuli by father Haribhakta Mijar.
2073 Shrawan 4: An autopsy was conducted in Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, under the leadership of Dr. Harihar Awasthi. Further viscera tests to be taken for confirmation.
2073 Shrawan 6: An investigation committee comprising of Assistant CDO of Dhading, DSP of District Police Office, and Chief District Investigation Officer formed.
2073 Shrawan 10: National Dalit Commission submitted an application to the Office of the Attorney General for impartial investigation and justice.
2073 Shrawan 12: A report publicized by Dalit Civil Society after monitoring the situation in Kavre and Dhading concluded that it was not a suicide, but staged murder based on their findings. The report stated that his legs touched the floor when the body was found, the rope used was fragile and wasn’t tightened steadily, police hurriedly buried the body and didn’t disclose who was on duty on that day either.
2073 Shrawan 13: Human rights defenders of Dhading district handed over a memorandum to the CDO of Dhading calling for action against the murderers of Ajit, demanding a fair investigation and necessary legal action against the murderers.
2073 Shrawan 22: The family came to know that the Dhading Police hadn’t registered the FIR. FIR was registered after two months only after pressure from National Dalit Commission, Political Parties, and activists.
2073 Bhadra 8: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal called secretary at the Ministry of Home Affairs Narayan Gopal Malego, and Inspector General of Police (IGP) Upendra Kanta Aryal and directed to form a committee to investigate the alleged murder of Ajit Mijar after meeting with a delegation from the United Political Dalit Struggle Committee.
2073 Bhadra 31: Social Justice and Human Rights Committee of Legislature Parliament concluded that the body was buried without conducting an autopsy. The autopsy report from Gajuri Police and Gajuri Health Post was forged. The Committee, in its report, concluded that it was murder and appealed to the concerned bodies to look into the matters seriously.
2073 Ashoj 6: Samjhana Parajuli and Tekbahadur Parajuli released on bail were released on bail whieBhojraj Raj Parajuli was held in detention for investigation.
2073 Poush 28: Bhoj Raj Parajuli was released on bail by Patan High Court.
2073 Magh 6: PM formed an investigation committee in the leadership of Ministry for Youth and Sports, Daljit Shripaili.
2073 Magh 18: A delegation of the National Dalit Liberation Front submitted a memorandum to the PM calling on to bring the guilty in the murder of Mijar to book and provide the victims’ families with proper compensation.
2073 Falgun: The Committee prepared a report which concluded that Mijar was murdered.
2073 Chaitra 12: The then spokesperson of NHRC, Mohana Ansari, commented that police investigation was fragile, and due process had not been followed.
2074 Baisakh 7: Meeting of Council of Ministers decided to give Rs 1 million as compensation to the family upon recommendation of the ministerial Committee.
2075 Jeth 20: Dhading District Court acquitted the accused on the ground of lack of substantial evidence.
Currently, an appeal lies in High Court Patan whereby the court has ordered the appearance of Dr. Amrita Shrestha, who was involved in taking autopsy in Dhading since her deposition in Dhading District Court seemed to be contradictory.
Ajit Mijar’s body is still lying at TU Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, because his family is adamant not to cremate the body unless justice is done.
Case Status: Under Investigation- Dead body still at the cold
Media links related to the incident:
1. https://www.pressenza.com/2016/07/nepal-ajit-mijars-death-not-suicide-murder/
2. http://www.humanrights.asia/news/urgent-appeals/AHRC-UAC-093-2016/
3. https://www.recordnepal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Fact-Finding-Report-of-Mijar-Murder-case_-Kavre.pdf
4. https://kathmandupost.com/national/2016/08/25/probe-dalit-youths-murder-pm