KATHMANDU: Police on Thursday arrested Sujit BK, who has been charged with killing CPN-UML leader Prachanda Thaiba in Butwal, from a hotel in Sundhara.
KATHMANDU: Police on Thursday arrested Sujit BK, who has been charged with killing CPN-UML leader Prachanda Thaiba in Butwal, from a hotel in Sundhara.
BK is former Rupandehi in-charge of Young Communist League.
Nepal Police had put BK in its most-wanted list of criminals. Following the murder of Thaiba on March 26 last year, Rupandehi District Court had issued an arrest warrant against him on charge of first-degree murder.
A police team today raided Hotel Palace Home in Sundhara at around 6:45pm and apprehended BK, who was living there incognito. “He had sneaked into India to evade police. He later returned to the capital in disguise. One month of non-stop arduous effort by police has come to fruition with his arrest,” said Superintendent of Police Ramesh Prasad Kharel. “BK had been taking refuge at his close associates’ rooms in Kathmandu posing as Arun Thakuri from Hetauda.” It was not immediately known who his close associates were.
Though his original name is Kharindra BK (30), the UCPN-M had rechristened him Sujit BK and elevated him to the post of YCL Rupandehi in-charge. He hails from Khairenitar in Tanahun.
Police have also recovered a fake citizenship certificate (1005/308) and a driving licence (06051510) both identifying him as Arun Thakuri. The UCPN-M had expelled BK from the party after mounting pressure from political parties, especially from the CPN-UML, and several others.
UCPN-Maoist has drawn flak for protecting BK. At the time of killing, Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal was the PM. However, barely a month later Dahal resigned from the post of prime minister. It is believed the UML withdrew its support to the Maoist-led government alleging the party’s involvement in killing one of its local leaders.
After the arrest, BK is learnt to have told investigating officials that he was betrayed by the party. “The party failed to save me,” investigating officials said requesting anonymity. BK, however, did not say whether the murder was plotted by the party.
“He has been found involved in several criminal activities, including forging government documents. He had made enough money that would have lasted him long in the capital city,” said the officials. Police later this evening paraded BK at MPR. “I have been made a scapegoat,” said BK before he was asked not to talk to the media. MPR will hand BK over to the Rupandehi District Police tomorrow.
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