Nepal blames Indo-Pak tension for tycoon murder

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Nepal blames Indo-Pak tension for tycoon murder​

TNN, 16 February 2010, 05:27pm


KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Information and Communications Minister Shankar Pokhrel, who is also the spokesman of the current Madhav Kumar Nepal government, has stirred up a hornets’ nest by reportedly saying at a media interaction that Nepal’s enigmatic media baron Jamim Shah was probably killed due to the "tension between India and Pakistan".

Pokhel’s statement Sunday was the first semi-official acknowledgement that the killing of Jamim Shah, the media entrepreneur said to be Dawood Ibrahim’s aide in Nepal and associated with Pakistan’s ISI, was not due to media-related activities or personal animosity but deeper, political reasons.

With Nepal Police Monday calling the gunning down of Shah by two professional killers in the capital last week the handiwork of Indian gangster Babloo Srivastav, New Delhi faces unspoken charges in Nepal that government agencies colluded with the jailed don to execute Shah, who was also said to be involved in the 1999 hijacking of an Indian Airlines aircraft.

Pokhrel, speaking out of turn even as Nepal’s police, government and media have remained silent on Shah’s Pakistan connexions, also reportedly said that Muslims in Nepal were becoming victims of the Indo-Pak tension. It was an unhappy reminder of the handing over of two Kashmiri Muslims to Indian authorities by Nepal in the recent past on the allegation that the men were terrorists wanted for the Mumbai blasts. However, both governments were left red-faced when an Indian court asked for the two detainees to be released after it was discovered that they were not the wanted men.

The Indian government on Tuesday objected to Pokhrel’s reported statement. The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu issued a statement, saying it was surprised at the reports. "No information to substantiate the reported statement by the Hon’ble Minister has been provided by the Government of Nepal to this embassy," the terse statement said.

The new development comes at a time Nepal’s first President, Dr Ram Baran Yadav, is visiting New Delhi to deepen ties with the Indian government. On Tuesday, Yadav was accorded a ceremonial reception by Indian President Pratibha Patil at the Rastrapati Bhawan.


Nepal blames Indo-Pak tension for tycoon murder - India - The Times of India

 

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Nepal blames Indo-Pak tension for tycoon murder​

TNN, 16 February 2010, 05:27pm


KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Information and Communications Minister Shankar Pokhrel, who is also the spokesman of the current Madhav Kumar Nepal government, has stirred up a hornets’ nest by reportedly saying at a media interaction that Nepal’s enigmatic media baron Jamim Shah was probably killed due to the "tension between India and Pakistan".

Pokhel’s statement Sunday was the first semi-official acknowledgement that the killing of Jamim Shah, the media entrepreneur said to be Dawood Ibrahim’s aide in Nepal and associated with Pakistan’s ISI, was not due to media-related activities or personal animosity but deeper, political reasons.

With Nepal Police Monday calling the gunning down of Shah by two professional killers in the capital last week the handiwork of Indian gangster Babloo Srivastav, New Delhi faces unspoken charges in Nepal that government agencies colluded with the jailed don to execute Shah, who was also said to be involved in the 1999 hijacking of an Indian Airlines aircraft.

Pokhrel, speaking out of turn even as Nepal’s police, government and media have remained silent on Shah’s Pakistan connexions, also reportedly said that Muslims in Nepal were becoming victims of the Indo-Pak tension. It was an unhappy reminder of the handing over of two Kashmiri Muslims to Indian authorities by Nepal in the recent past on the allegation that the men were terrorists wanted for the Mumbai blasts. However, both governments were left red-faced when an Indian court asked for the two detainees to be released after it was discovered that they were not the wanted men.

The Indian government on Tuesday objected to Pokhrel’s reported statement. The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu issued a statement, saying it was surprised at the reports. "No information to substantiate the reported statement by the Hon’ble Minister has been provided by the Government of Nepal to this embassy," the terse statement said.

The new development comes at a time Nepal’s first President, Dr Ram Baran Yadav, is visiting New Delhi to deepen ties with the Indian government. On Tuesday, Yadav was accorded a ceremonial reception by Indian President Pratibha Patil at the Rastrapati Bhawan.


Nepal blames Indo-Pak tension for tycoon murder - India - The Times of India

Iam not sure if indian intelligence org was involved in the assasination...

But if the sources are to believed, then this person Jamim Shah was involved in anti-india activities in our motherland..

i care about human life..and i think even criminals deserve trial..but ppl these type r terrorists..even worse than who execute it....He got what he desrved...and if RAW was involved..then kudos to them...

 

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The timing of this statement creates suspicion. This lokks a tactics to create pressure on Nepali president.

Nepal’s Information and Communications Minister Shankar Pokhrel, who is also the spokesman of the current Madhav Kumar Nepal government, has stirred up a hornets’ nest by reportedly saying at a media interaction that Nepal’s enigmatic media baron Jamim Shah was probably killed due to the "tension between India and Pakistan".

There is no proof or evidences regarding what he is saying. On the contrary Indian consulat has denied this.

New Delhi faces unspoken charges in Nepal that government agencies colluded with the jailed don to execute Shah, who was also said to be involved in the 1999 hijacking of an Indian Airlines aircraft.

There is no back up for this claim. Why would GoI has to take help from some criminal even if she wishes so. Just some propoganda, considering the word "reportedly".

speaking out of turn even as Nepal’s police, government and media have remained silent on Shah’s Pakistan connexions, also reportedly said that Muslims in Nepal were becoming victims of the Indo-Pak tension. It was an unhappy reminder of the handing over of two Kashmiri Muslims to Indian authorities by Nepal in the recent past on the allegation that the men were terrorists wanted for the Mumbai blasts. However, both governments were left red-faced when an Indian court asked for the two detainees to be released after it was discovered that they were not the wanted men.

How asking for two men indicates a particular religion is targeted. BTW, both are released by court.