PM, SAYS ARREST OF COL. AGAINST SPIRIT OF CPA Kathmandu, 8 Jan. : Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai has laimed that the government could not second the arrest of Maoist cadres allegedly involved in the murder of journalist Dekendra Raj Thapa during the insurgency period, RSS reports.. The Prime Minister, who is also the UCPN (Maoist) Vice-Chairman, further said that his party cadres were arrested with the backing from so-called human rights activists. Releasing a book ´Rajyadwara Bepatta Yodhha: Rajendra Dhakal Samman Ra Samjhana´ penned Manjima Dhakal in the capital on Tuesday, Prime Minister Dr Bhattarai said that task of registering cases taking over insurgency related events were against the sentiments and spirit of Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA). Maoist cadre Rajendra Dhakal, father of Manjima of Gorkha district was forcibly disappeared by the state security forces during the insurgency. The Prime Minister said, "Cadres and leaders of UCPN (Maoist) have been arrested by the instigation of some so-called human rights activists. This cannot be accepted at any cost. This is against the spirit and sentiments of the CPA." None can be booked by resurrecting the cases of insurgency by going against the spirit and sentiment of the CPA, the Prime Minister said. The government is preparing to form the Commission on Truth and Reconciliation to address the concerns of conflict-time cases. This Commission has not been formed due to some technical hassles. Only this Commission will finalize the conflict-time cases. None has the right to resurrect the cases before that," the Prime Minister added. He said that the government was not able to make public the whereabouts of forced disappeared due to non-cooperation to set up the Commission. Commenting on the arrest of torture suspect Nepal Army Colonel Kumar Lama, the Prime Minister said that the UK government violated the international law by arresting Lama. He added that the UK government interfered in Nepal´s sovereignty by arresting the Nepal Army officer deployed in UN peacekeeping mission and without informing Nepal. The UK government has no right to punish Colonel Lama and added that Lama would be booked under domestic law if he were to be found guilty. On the occasion, Attorney General Mukti Narayan Pradhan said that the Supreme Court had given clear verdict some five years ago over the issue of Rajendra Dhakal and other cases of forced disappearance and added that Truth and Reconciliation Commission should be formed as early as possible. Pradhan said that the President should immediately endorse the bill submitted by the government for the formation of the Commission. Also speaking at the programme, widow of Dhakal, Bimala said that the Maoist party discarded the families of the disappeared and martyrs though it became the single largest party due to their sacrifices. Manjima has included the family sufferings, steps taken by the family to search for Rajendra and many other aspects in the book Nnnn INMATE DIED OF NEGLIGENCE Kathmandu, 8 Jan.: A team formed to investigate the ´mysterious´ death of one Kumar Nepali inside the Kavre prison confirmed that the death was due to negligence on part of the jail Administration, RSS reports.. Unveiling the report through a press meet in the capital on Tuesday, the team confirmed that Nepali had died due to negligence of the Dhulikhel jai administration. The team has found the jail administration completely apathetic towards the safety of inmates. A dispute between Nepali and another inmate Hari Sapkota is found to be the main cause behind the death of Nepali. A dispute between Nepali and Sapkota reportedly took a nasty turn later with Sapkota suffering a bleeding nose in the attack by Nepali. Irate Sapkota later stabbed Nepali with a long iron needle used for knitting bamboo stool to his chest, the report states. • Mentally unstable inmate dies in jail • Kin to protest Dhulikhel prison death Speaking at the program, team coordinator and former Constituent Assembly member Binod Pahadi accused the jail administration of becoming just a mere spectator to a clash between the two inmates. According to the report, the Chief District Officer, the District Police Chief and jailer reached the incident site only after 20 hours of the incident. The team has demanded that the government should immediately provide compensation of Rs. 1 million to the victim´s family, book the guilty and even take necessary departmental action against the jail administrators. Meanwhile, the National Dalits´ Commission has warned of launching an agitation if the guilty in the murder of Nepali is not brought to the book and the victim´s family was deprived of justice and compensation. The incident took place at around 6:00 pm on December 11, 2012. Kin of Nepali have denied collecting the body that has been kept at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj. nnnn