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Historical idols, jewelleries looted from Kathmandu temple
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by salik | February 25, 2007 at 08:46 pm
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Himalayan Times, one of the country’s top English daily, carried out this
survey report in its today’s edition. The state-of-nation survey was carried
out by it’s sister publication Annapurna Post found out that- “Notwithstanding
the ongoing peace process, a huge majority of Nepalis believe that the most
important challenge before their country is not political stability, but
maintaining law and order.At the same time, a majority of Nepalis feel that the peace process will eventually lead to
lasting political stability. The survey findings, in effect, indicate a total
breakdown of the law and order mechanism, especially in the rural countryside.
Accordingly, 81 per cent of the illiterates said that the most important
challenge being faced by the country is law and order. By contrast, 47 per cent
of those who had attained higher education felt that law and order was the most
important challenge for the nation. For them, other challenges being faced by Nepal such as unemployment (22 per cent) and political stability (17 per cent) were of
primary importance.”
The proof is the following incident that occurred just this morning:
A group of six armed persons looted 51 idols from Kankeshwori temple, Kankeshwori, early on Sunday morning, police said.
According to the police, the group armed with pistol, swords and khukuris took the temple's chief priest Gopal Deula and other priests Dalbir Deula, Phul Kumari and Phulkeshari and took away the idols. The looted idols include idols of Ajima Barai Kumari, Asta Matrika and lions.
The looters also made away with diamond and silver jewellery from the temple. Police suspect the hand of an organised gang behind the looting. "The looters might have come on a vehicle. They stayed there for half an hour," the police said.
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at 21:11 on February 25th, 2007
At NowPublic, this is high praise from NowPublic editors! Your story is now on the home page for awhile, and everywhere else the “good stuff” box shows up. Many thanks for your great work.
Great for your use of locally sourced statistics. Can you edit the line breaks for us - makes it easier to read ;)