NHRC CHIEF SAYS BODY NOT GOVT. RIVAL Kathmandu, 28 April: - Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Kedar Nath Upadhyay has said the commission is not a rival of the government for safeguarding human rights of the people, RSS reports from Biratnagar.. Speaking at an interaction on the 'Use of jurisdiction in human rights protection' organised jointly by the Judges' Society Nepal and the National Human Rights Commission, the NHRC chairman said the commission was moving ahead in coordination with the government. He said some government officials had violated human rights for their vested interests and that no one should go beyond the law. SC Justice Sushila Karki called on state organs to be active in human rights protection. Another SC Justice Ram Kumar Prasad Saha said the court has already given justice when the rights of the people were snatched away by state. Eastern Regional Administrator Janardan Nepal, NHRC Member Ram Nagina Singh and Biratnagar Appellate Court Chief Judge Gopal Prasad Parajuli said the court was always alert in human rights safeguard. Participating in the two-day seminar are 50 people including district judges of the eastern region and judges of the appellate court. Eastern Regional Commission Chief Koshraj Neupane said the seminar was organised to review the human rights protection. Five working papers will be presented in the seminar. RSS nnnn ld girl has been rape d inside a shop nearby her home in Kanchanpur VDC-9, Saptari district on Saturday night. The victim's family claimed that the girl was rape d by shop owner Harendra Dev when she went to the shop to buy some goods. Police said that Dev is also the in-charge of a Sub-Health Post in the district's Gobargada VDC. The victim has been receiving treatment at Gajendra Narayan Singh Sagarmatha Zonal Hospital. SHOPKEEPER ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED RAPE Kathmandu, 28 April: Harendra Dev was arrested Sunday at Bhardaha in Saptari for alleged rape of a 10-year-old girl in his shop in Saptari.. The incident occurred in Kanchanpur VDC. Nnnn ALLEGED RAPISTS MADE PUBLIC IN KAVRE Kathmandu, 28 April: Four alleged rapists were make public in Kavre Sunday. The group allegedly raped a 16-year old girl at Kaflethok in Methinkot, Kavre . Shankhaman Moktan,, Ram Bahadur Syangtang Tamang, of Methinkot-8, Pancha Bahadur Syangtang Tamang , of Methinkot-7, Kumar BK, 22, of Sikhar Ambote-8 and Akash Tamang are made public. Krishna BK is missing. nnnn