India urged to take action against Nepali armed groups on its soil
New Delhi | Tuesday, Sep 1 2009 IST
 

The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) today called on the State Governments of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to take action against Nepals armed groups operating from Indian soil and urged the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to investigate the ''extrajudicial executions'' in the Terai region of Nepal.

In its latest briefing paper, 'Madhes: The challenges and opportunities for a stable Nepal' released here, the ACHR claimed that there are multiple Nepalese armed opposition groups operating from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and local politicians, not necessarily the Indian State, have been providing support to these groups.

The armed opposition groups in Terai, Nepal have been proliferating and about 100 of them are active at present, it claimed.

''The improvement of law and order under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Bihar has also resulted in criminal elements exploiting lawlessness on the Nepal side, and collaborating with local operators to loot, extort, and kill. The cross-border anarchic set-up provides space to international counterfeit currency, drug smuggling and trafficking networks,'' ACHR Director Suhas Chakma said.

Acknowledging Indias repeated insistence of not backing any extremist outfit from Nepal, the ACHR Director said, ''New Delhi complicates the situation further by attempting to micro-manage party politics and sending multiple and conflicting messages to different actors in Nepal.'' ACHR also called on the government of Nepal to recognise the rights of the Madhesis, including their native languages, and bring an end to the ongoing extrajudicial executions in the Terai in the name of maintaining law and order. There were allegations of over a dozen extrajudicial executions in recent past.

Warning about the deteriorating situation in the Terai, the ACHR Director said, ''The debate over Vice President Parmanand Jha taking oath in Hindi may be over, but another conflict may not be if the government of Nepal continues with its clumsy armed intervention by a violent and ill-disciplined security force.'' It asked UP and Bihar governments to stop any form of covert encouragement to extremist groups, using violent means, to push secessionist agenda in the Terai. These states have been urged not to allow activities of these groups from Indian soil, and instead use leverage to push them to curtail activities on the lines of what had been done before the constituent assembly elections and (3) be vigilant about the potential of non state actors on the Indian side who provide such encouragement to extremist groups in the Terai, and take appropriate action.

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