NHRC urges action against security chiefs and protest leaders over deadly Tinkune clash

More than a year after the March 28, 2025 pro-monarchy protest in Tinkune turned deadly, Nepal’s National Human Rights Commission has recommended disciplinary action against former Kathmandu chief district officer Rishiram Tiwari, former police range chief Bishwo Adhikari, Superintendent Apil Raj Bohara and Armed Police Superintendent Shailesh Shrestha for not averting human-rights abuses. It also calls for a thorough inquiry into Durga Prasai and other organizers, whose statements and social-media activity appear to have incited the unrest that killed journalist Suresh Rajak and Sabin Maharjan.

The commission criticises the lack of a proper security plan, the use of expired tear-gas shells, and the decision to allow rival rallies on the same day, recommending non-lethal crowd-control methods and compensation for victims and property damage. Additionally, it urges the government to caution officials, compensate the detained politician Nawaraj Subedi, and investigate attacks on media outlets. The findings place responsibility on both state actors and protest leaders under the administration of then-prime minister KP Sharma Oli.