WITH POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY, NEPSE INDEX SLIPS 20.35 PONTS Kathmandu, 3 May: Nepse index lost 20.35 points Wednesday on the third day of trading amid uncertainty in the political situation; stock prices fell for the third consecutive day when the market was opened. The market was closed Monday because of a public holiday to mark May Day. Circuit breaker had to be applied twice Wednesday as prices tumbled. The market could revive on the last day of five-day trading Thursday re was no trading twice Parties Wednesday agreed to form a national government and promulgate a constitution by 27 May. Daily market turnover Wednesday sipped to Rs.29.78 million; Monday’s turnover was Rs.101.32 million. nnnn NEPAL POLICE EFFECTS SWEEPING APPOINTMENTS Kathmandu, 3 May SSP Jaya Bahadur Chand was appointed Wednesday chief of the Kathmandu Police . He was transferred from Metropolitan Traffic Police Division. SSP Chand replaces SSP Rajendra Shrestha, who has been transferred to Central Regional Police Training Centre, Bharatpur. Nepal Police Headquarters Wednesday deputed 16 newly-appointed SSP’s and reshuffled responsibilities of 13 others. SSP Ramesh Kharel has been deputed to the UN section of Police headquarters from District Police Office, Parsa. SSP Rajendraman Shrestha is the new Lalitpur Police chief. SSP Rabiraj Shrestha has been sent to Airport Security from Metropolitan Police Commissioner’s Office where SSP Bhog Bahadur Thapa replaced him. SSP Ganesh KC was transferred to Eastern Regional Police Training Centre, Biratnagar from headquarters. Other SSPs, whose responsibilities were reshuffled, are Ramesh Kumar Pandey, Shyam Bahadur Khadka, Bijayalal Kayastha, Suresh Kumar KC, Kamal Singh Bam, Sudeep Acharya, Ramesh Kumar Bhattarai, Lava Bista, Gyanodraj Baidhya, Ghanashyam Bhatta, Yadavraj Khanal, Subodh Ghimire, Sarbendra Khanal, Milan Basnet, Pushparaj Regmi, Yogeshwor Romkhami Magar, Uttam Kumar Karki, Suvash Chandra Chaudhary, Uttam Bahadur Singh, Ganesh Bahadur Gurung, Chhabilal Joshi and Kishna Prasad Guragain, published reports said. Nnnn FORMR MAOIST MINISTER JANARDHAN SHARMA RELEASED FROM NEW DELHI HOSPITAL Kathmandu, 3 May: Former minister and Maoist leader .Janardhan Sharma was released Wednesday from a New Delhi hospital where he was undergoing emergency medical treatment viral encephalitis, He was rushed to India for emergency treatment.. Sharma, a Maoist military leader, is flying back home Thursday. nnnn DETAILS OF STORM DAMAGE IN SUNSARI, MORANG Kathmandu, 3 May:: Two persons died and property worth millions was damaged when heavy windstorm lashed Sunsari and Morang districts on Tuesday evening, Somnath Bastola writes in The Himalayan Times. Lal Bahadur Rai (61) of Bharaul, Sunsari and Sukamaya Limbu (65) of Belbari, Morang died after they were crushed by falling trees in high winds, police said, according to Somnath Bastola wtiring in The Himalayan Times from Trahari . Rai’s dead body was found on Wednesday morning in the Kaushika community forest where he had gone to collect fodder for his cattle. Limbu, who was seriously injured after being crushed under the falling tree, breathed her last while receiving treatment at the Dharan-based BP Koiraial Institute of Health and Sciences. Meanwhile, windstorm caused huge damage to property in Sunsari and Morang, a large number of houses have lost their roofs in Sunsari. Houses of Duhabi, Sonapur, Khanar, Itahari, Ekamba, Pakali, Bhasi, Chimadi and other places have lost their roofs, while half a dozen police offices including District Police Office of Sunsari, Area Police Offices of Duhabi and Chimadi were partly damaged. High winds have also blown off roofs of the Sonapur-based madrassa – Tabligul Islam – and Nisahaya Orphanage of Duhabi and Bhagarwati Secondary School of Inaruwa. Gales have also damaged the wall of the madrassa and Bhagawati School which alone is said to have lost property worth over Rs 1 million. Similarly, while windstorm completely damaged the Laukahi-based temporary traffic police post, it has also blown off the roof of Ianaruwa-based Sunsari Primary School. Chicken farm houses in over dozen VDCs in Sunsari have also got their roofs blown off and electricity poles in a number of VDCs have fallen flat, leaving power supply disrupted. According to the Nepal Electricity Authority Duhabi grid, about 60 poles have fallen down in the district. In Morang, the Nepal Telecom’s Belbari-based tower collapsed. According to the Telecom Itahari Chief Dhana Bahadur Thapa, a small tower of Biratnagar has also collapsed. Telecommunications have been affected as the windstorm has snapped telephone lines in a number of places. According to the district agriculture development offices of Sunsari and Morang, gales have also caused a huge damage to the crops and fruit cultivations including Mango and banana nnnn ROBINSON CASE EXPOSES GRAFT IN COURT Kathmandu, 3 May: The Judicial Council’s probe report on the release of international drug peddler Gordon William Robinson reflects the face of the country’s justice system and the law enforcement agency’s loyalty to a smuggler, Ananta Raj Lui.tel writes in The Himalayan Times. He walked free after bribing Supreme Court justices Krishna Kumar Verma and Bali Ram Kumar on February 27, 2005 and fled the country. These justices had overturned the Special Court verdict which had slapped 17 years jail term and a fine of Rs 1 million on Robinson, who was in the wanted list of international police organisations. He was killed in Bali, Indonesia a year later. Robinson had visited Dharan on June 28, 2004 with Rajan Bohara and Ramesh Lama, a relative of Chandeshwor Lama, the man who later played a key role in securing his release. Incumbent Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi and his predecessors Anup Raj Sharma and Min Bahadur Rayamajhi had probed the bribery charge. “There are ample grounds to suspect financial irregularities because a bank locker at Everest Bank in Lazimpat was provided to Robinson, an inmate at Dilli Bazaar prison. He was allowed to visit the bank for transactions (August 8 and 9, 2003) from the locker and had also withdrawn money with his credit card. He operated an account at the bank jointly with Bholanath Tiwari, a lawyer practicing in Bombay. These facts show that Robinson had a huge amount and had mobilised Chandeshwor, Bohara and another inmate Raju Shrestha,” the report stated. Drug Control Law Enforcement Unit Chief Hemanta Malla told the probe panel that Robinson was under the watch list of Australian Federal Police, Customs Authority of the United Kingdom and Police Network of Pakistan because he had committed crime in these countries. The probe committee investigated with the clue provided by Bohara, a person who had supported Robinson’s activities in the capital. He was arrested at Tribhuvan International Airport on August 17, 2001 for possessing 315 gram brown sugar before he boarded a flight to Singapore. The JC had investigated when the issue drew all-round criticism. Bohara told the probe committee about the financial irregularities in relation to the case. Referring to his meeting with Robinson on April 22, 2004 in the jail, Robinson told him, “it is a matter of huge money. You cannot imagine it. It is out of your mind.” According to him, Robinson openly claimed that he had managed to bribe the judges. “Lama (Chandeshwor) is coming to see me. He is managing everything.” Finally, the justices were forced to resign as per the recommendation of the probe committee report, which concluded that the verdict came just because of the money Robinson paid. Report in a nutshell • Serious flaws in criminal justice system • Authorities allowed inmate to run bank account • Permitted to operate bank locker and credit cards • Openly shared his plan to bribe judges • Got acquitted instead of 17-year jail term • Judges forced to resign nnnn