Charge of butchering Nepalese renewed
KATHMANDU, SEPT. 10- Mr. Abdul Malik, leader of the visiting three member Bangladesh Parliamentary delegation, which completed its fortnight being visit to Nepal today renewed the charge that the Pakistani Army had butchered many Nepalese when it cracked down on Bangladesh in March, says UN.
Replying to a question at a Press conference, he said the records maintained by the Awami League showed that about 7,000 Nepalese workers had been employed in Bangladesh at the time of the Army crackdown.
“Where have they all gone now?” he asked and said that while some of them could have fled, most of them had been butchered.
The Napelese Government has not made any specific comment on the alleged massacre.
Mr. Malik said they had useful discussions at high official and unofficial levels and that their mission was “partly successful”
He declined to say whether the delegation had met the Prime Minister, Mr. Kirti Nidhi Bista, or any other Minister he said he would not like to make any comment that would embarrass Nepal or his own Government.
He said his Government attached great importance to Nepal and added it was the declared objective of the Bangladesh Government to have friendly relations with all countries, especially the neighboring ones.
Reference: Hindustan Standard, 11.09.1971