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| ashu |
Posted
on 28-Oct-02 07:17 PM
Dear all,
This to inform you all that, due to the sad demise of late Ex major
Major Mohan Bahadur Khatr (STX Class of 1972) is organising a condolence
meeting at the GAA on October 29th, 2002. All are requested to attend
the meting.
Time: 17:00
Venue:Indra Bikram Shah Lounge at GAA Thamel.
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| ashu |
Posted
on 28-Oct-02 07:18 PM
The villagers’ support keeps me going...”
An ex-army major who tried to stay clear of both the Maoists and the military is brutally murdered.
KUNDA DIXIT
Major Mohan Khatri had a bright future in the Royal Nepal Army. But he found military life too confining, its hierarchy rigid, and many of its methods dubious. So, after a two-year officer’s training at the US military academy in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and another three years with the Nepali contingent of UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, Major Khatri took early retirement to work on his dream project: a tourist lodge in the mountains.
It took him over a year to find the right place: a south-facing slope on a ridge at 2,800 m on the Jiri highway with a great view of the Jugal Himal range to the north, and scented pine forests all around. He took a bank loan and began construction of the rustic cabins.
The resort was completed in 1997, and was a popular stopover for many trekkers taking the Jiri route to Lukla. When the Khimti hydroelectric project was started, the lodge became the preferred R&R site for Norwegian and Finnish engineers working on construction. Being from the cavalry, the major loved to ride and take care of horses, and for good luck called his lodge Horseshoe Resort.
But Mohan Khatri’s luck ran out on the night of 24 October when a group of armed Maoists came up to the hotel while he was having dinner, dragged him outside, shot him, and slashed him with khukuris. His body lay in the undergrowth on a slope below the hotel till the afternoon of the next day, before the army arrived from Barabise.
Reporters who visited Mude three days after the event said employees were still too shocked to speak. Saili Lama worked at the hotel, and her face showed a mixture of terror and sadness. When Mude villagers come running up in a group to see who the reporters were, her face went pale with fear.
The villagers are devastated. The 45-year-old major was a benefactor: not only did the hotel provide employment, but he had helped renovate three schools in the area and given 35 girl students scholarships. He was working on an ambitious project to establish a well-equipped health post with a maternity ward which was going to be inaugurated after Tihar. The villagers can’t think who will complete the hospital and help the schools.
Khatri was aware of the dangers, and Maoists came around to force him to pay a “revolutionary tax”. He was careful to steer a neutral path between the Maoists and plainclothes army patrols who roamed the mountains. He didn’t get involved in politics, and thought that his charity work and his popularity with the villagers would protect him.
After killing him, the attackers set two hotel vans on fire. These were vehicles Khatri had used many times as ambulances to ferry sick villagers to hospital in Kathmandu.
Caretaker Tilak Shrestha says that after killing the major, the attackers ransacked the rooms of the resort, looking for weapons. They found it hard to believe that there were none. Shrestha was repeatedly threatened, but they finally concluded that the major didn’t keep guns. Then they took all the money from the cash register, a tape recorder and also some cassettes. The major’s wife, Krishna Kamal, was in the kitchen when her husband was attacked.
Man Bahadur Lama sold Khatri the land for the hotel. He says he had warned the major that he may be in danger because of his army connection. But Khatri told him: “Man Bahadur, don’t worry about me. Take care of yourself, be safe.” Villagers suspected local Maoists could have blamed the major for passing information to the army that led to the raid earlier this year on a Maoist hideout on Sailung, two days away from Mude, in which a dozen guerrillas were killed.
In an email to a friend a few months before he was killed, Mohan Khatri appeared to be aware that things were getting dangerous. He wrote: “In the kuna kapchas of our country where the majority of the neglected, exploited and oppressed villagers are living, there is no lessening of support for the maobadis, there is no government, and there is no alternative for the people. They have nothing to lose. Keeping aside the morality and the methods of the maobadis, they seem to offer the only hope. I am keeping myself busy with the construction of our rural health centre…the villagers’ support keeps me going...
http://www.nepalnews.com.np/ntimes/issue116/headline_2.htm
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| Jayahos |
Posted
on 28-Oct-02 07:37 PM
HAINA HAMI LE KEHI GARNA SAKDAINAU YO NONSENSE KILLING ROKNA?
Why don't those INTELLECTUALS work to bring all these to an end? I hope GAA , which features many influential personalities in its list, will be instrumental towards this endeavour!
My condolences to Major Khatri and pray for all those suffering from these nonsense killings.
To quote BHUPI:
HUNDAINA BIHAN MIRMIRE MA TARA JHARERA NAGAYE
BANDAINA DESH DUI CHAR SAPUT MARERA NAGAYE..
TARA ABA TA ATI BHAI SAKYO!
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| krishna |
Posted
on 28-Oct-02 08:41 PM
Very sad.....
ashu thanks for the link......
I thought the Maiosts were for the people..then why something like this to a Major who was doing so good and helping poor people living in such a rural place??? Someone who does good is slayed like this, when is the country going to develop............
I hope there are millions of Major Khatri in the Royal Nepalese Army....we need soldiers devoted as Khatri..
A heartly condolence to Major and
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE.......
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| Yeti |
Posted
on 28-Oct-02 08:58 PM
Moists killed him using the Bhanai "if you are not with us, you are with our enemies".
The Maoists were creation of middle class people who wanted the corrupt politicians get punishment. Unfortunately, now it is their turn to get the punishments. I was also DHERAI DUKHI when I read Khatri's story. The Maoists burned down the vehicles that Khatri used to escort poor and sick peoples to Kathmandu. While reading this story, I could not do anything more than dropping my tears. May his soul rest on peace. Lets not deviate from public service, lets not afraid of insane Maoism.
Lets hope Royal Nepal Army will slowly regain control and we can breath fresh air as before. Rumjatar incident shows high moral of RNA, lets hope their network of information is getting better. One day the Army should slaughter the whole bunch of attackers in over night and everything gets cool down. In Mozambique (the Polpot styled killing) was in peak for few years and now cooled dowm (comparatively). Lets hope in a year or so, the Maoist nango nach will slowly drops down from peak and we return to normal life. In this process, we will be sacrificing some more Khatri like peoples. Its sad, but, unavoidable. The reason all rests on F*cking Girija, Makune and Deoba.
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| protean |
Posted
on 28-Oct-02 09:01 PM
Ashu, it's great that a memorial service is being held in Mr. Khatri's honor. May his soul rest in peace and my condolences and prayers are with his family!
This violence is simply not going to end if nothing gets done. Last week, it was Major Khatri, next time ,it will be someone else. The Maoists are not letting people in Nepal lead a life of peace and equanimity. This has to stop!
Jaya Hos , a nice & timely quote from Bhupi Ji. But,we've saputs losing their lives not of
their own accord, but at the behest of some rebel leaders. As you mentnioned, it's time to start voicing against these heinous acts being committed against humanity.
Why can't these people spare anyone? Major Khatri, was for his part, a communatarian, and helping people in the village of Mude.
We should start a movement through this website to raise not just a voice, but to muster support to fight against the Maoists --who've become a major threat to a functioning of Nepali society at large.
I think this movement has to be generated from the grassroots. Groups like the ones who'll assemble at GAA should start a campaign ,and we shoud team up with them from here and help. After all a concerted effort and a core group has tremendous influence.
We simply can't hear more and more of martyrs' demise in our land.
I think the government will act in its own way (in its own sweet time), but waiting for them to operate ,would just be letting the Maoists further their agendas.
Protean
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| Yeti |
Posted
on 28-Oct-02 09:36 PM
Next victim will be Ashu, if he travels outside kathmandu and Maoists come to know that he is in their town/area. May be Mahendra Shakya will be next victim, because he is president of GAA or his Momo shops will be blasted by some of his Momo khane grahak. Shakya also use the word "king" which Maoists want to target. Mahendra should worrying about his bizness.
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| dirk |
Posted
on 28-Oct-02 10:57 PM
It was really sad to hear of Maj Khatri's brutal assassination. The dastardly act of the Maoist goes to show that their cause is no longer "people's" cause. Maj. Khatri just wanted live a simple life, run his little hotel and be happy. He was also trying to lend in a hand to help the poor and down-trodden....but these hoodlums couldn't bear see such a charismatic personality in their "area"....sphere of influence...and took his life away. May his soul rest in peace!
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| Jayahos |
Posted
on 28-Oct-02 11:38 PM
Protean wrote:
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We should start a movement through this website to raise not just a voice, but to muster support to fight against the Maoists --who've become a major threat to a functioning of Nepali society at large.
I think this movement has to be generated from the grassroots. Groups like the ones who'll assemble at GAA should start a campaign ,and we shoud team up with them from here and help. After all a concerted effort and a core group has tremendous influence.
We simply can't hear more and more of martyrs' demise in our land.
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amen !
However, with a little change in the first para .........must support to fight against the violence - who 've...........!
Can we form a group to pressurize all the stakeholder's to resort to non-violent medium of protest? Or, can we show our support to any such groups now acting in NEPAL? How?
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| Yeti |
Posted
on 29-Oct-02 01:31 AM
Jayahos,
having life in Nepal is not equal to your life in Internet. Mister, Maoists are hayenas, can you hang bell in their neck. Only in Trick Graphics, Inc. 's photo lab and publish it in this forum. Real life is quite dangerous in Nepal than what you imagine @ Sajha.com. Be practical. Whoever will raise words against Maoists will face same fate as Mr. Kahtri, unfortunately, Khatri's crime was to have lodge, and his crime was not to support Maoist killers by money. Don't expect Mahendra's King Momo to be blasted tomorrow morning.
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| protean |
Posted
on 29-Oct-02 02:29 PM
Jaya Hos wrote:
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amen !
However, with a little change in the first para .........must support to fight against the violence - who 've...........!
Can we form a group to pressurize all the stakeholder's to resort to non-violent medium of protest? Or, can we show our support to any such groups now acting in NEPAL? How?
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Jaya Hos,
It seems that the race to grab power (by the politicians) seems to be worst than kids running after a toy--after all children don't have long-term agendas in going after what they want. Time and again, they've demonstarted that the welfare of the state is not their prerogative. Mediocrity, nepotism, and "Kakistocracy" has been been the norm
of the past holders of political office.
So, I opine that unless ,people who can think, act, and are resourceful, form a core group, then, things might get from bad to worst every waking moment.
We can form a group here (as Ruck initiated, "the least we can do") for such a fight.
Few of the things that can be attempted:
1. Have this brought up to attention to the UN, and other institutions.
2.Try to have "No more Killing" pusblished in the newspapers, and magaziens in parts of the world.
3. Start a group to collect financing such campaign. Provide suppport to any group that formed in Nepal to fight or protest against these killings/violence.
4. Start non-violent movements in Nepal or groups that calls for peace.
5. Start a propaganda that dampens the enthusiasm of the Maoists. The Maoists have
their own propoganda that they utilize. Perhaps, we should be able to come up with
propagandas that cofounds the Maoists.
6. Build confidence of the Villagers and arm them against possible attacks or threats.
7. Have demonstrations and letters sent to the major parties (along with the King) to unite and work towards solving the current crisis in our land.
These are just my thoughts.
Please share your insights. We should be able to launch this activity from here.
Protean
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| nayabato |
Posted
on 29-Oct-02 03:01 PM
such a loss but a big gain for the the person above.
he is in the relm with god... if you believe...mayro sochahi major Khatri ko paribar sanga
in regards to your thoughts protean.. should we not also include the chori politicans and the also the removal of the king along with the removal of the viloence being stirred by the moists?... also would it not be better to to continue on the work started by the major or other initiate similar ideas or programmes? maybe it is better to build on the ground rather than to drop the aid from the air?
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| nayabato |
Posted
on 29-Oct-02 03:02 PM
such a loss but a big gain for the the person above.
he is in the relm with god... if you believe...mayro sochahi major Khatri ko paribar sanga
in regards to your thoughts protean.. should we not also include the chori politicans and the also the removal of the king along with the removal of the viloence being stirred by the moists?... also would it not be better to to continue on the work started by the major or other initiate similar ideas or programmes? maybe it is better to build on the ground rather than to drop the aid from the air?
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| protean |
Posted
on 29-Oct-02 03:36 PM
Naulobato,
Of course, we need to continue in line with what the Major was doing. As you might be aware, Rcuk and all have already started "on the least we can do" thread ,and working towards such a cause.
But, violence is something we can't tolerate. Killing in the name of " " (by this I mean anything) is wrong--not the maoists , and noy the people who're going about their own lives. Defence seems like a good strategy of not being the victim of such a crime.
More imporantly, we need to try to raise awareness, and have unified voices.
Getting rid of the politicians is a longer term game that might be possible iff people start
from the grassroots levels.
Protean
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| Jayahos |
Posted
on 29-Oct-02 05:20 PM
Yeti wrote:
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Jayahos, having life in Nepal is not equal to your life in Internet. Mister, Maoists are hayenas, can you hang bell in their neck.
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I am hearing you, sir.
Maoist's strategy is to destroy all one by one. First NC cadres and police, then Army, then UML, then King, then social workers, then Press, then human right activists. They will not spare anyone. Since they need publicity of their propoganda, they dare less to touch press and human right activists at this stage. Had Major Khatri been associated with press, he would not have been killed.
Protean, grea thoughts there. Just one observation. This is in the notice of UN, I suppose. They have also proposed formally to mediate any peace talk.
Without deviating far from the purpose of starting this thread, let's talk more.
Jaya Hos.
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| protean |
Posted
on 29-Oct-02 08:20 PM
Jaya Hos wrote:
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Protean, grea thoughts there. Just one observation. This is in the notice of UN, I suppose. They have also proposed formally to mediate any peace talk.
Without deviating far from the purpose of starting this thread, let's talk more.
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Jaya Hos,
You're correct. The UN has already voiced its role as a possible mediator to this conflict.
So, how about we start a msn or yahoos group and get more people to join in this effort?
Protean
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| Yeti |
Posted
on 29-Oct-02 09:35 PM
One thing you should make clear that Maoists Problem will not be solved by Talk or any negotiations. "WAR KI PAR" is the only solution. If Prachanda is under the threat of internal crisis for leadership, i.e. between Badal and himself, then, he might be interested in safe landing. Otherwise, UN or USA or China or India, no one can help to solve this problem by table talks. These table talks are just a part of strategy to reach them to public, get time to reorganize. All talks shoudl happen and war between RNA and Maoists should continue. Suspension of war will be a big blow to RNA. RNA is Army it should not suspend if it has already started the war. Just Fu*k them all or get Fu*ked by Maoists. No one should be confused with this rule "WAR KI PAR".
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| neel |
Posted
on 30-Oct-02 04:45 PM
Major Khatri's death is reminder of how vicious the Maoists have become-they spare no one, there is no predictability now it looks like it is 'animal's movement'. Even animals have a logic for killing, they kill for food or when attacked. They certainly don't kill their own species. It is very saddening, but what can we do?
Yes Protean, i am for a discussion group on this. Let us brainstorm and..and you already have some ideas like writing articles..letters of protest demanding, from the people in authority, that it needs urgent attention. Nepalese can't die like flies and killers get away all the time. I know there is very little we can do..but you can't help but express the anger.
One this is clear..there needs to be a change in the strategy for dealing with the Maoists. You have to play dirty games if it is the only way to defeat the shameless enemey who 'only plays the dirty game'. Propaganda is a great machine. The government has in its control vast resources that generate information. Why can't it look into generating information that is geared towards boosting confidence of the masses..telling lies even (think of means justifying the ends) to sooth the general mass. One quick thing that came to me recently is the Bandh Issue.
How does bandh operate and become sucessful?? It is not the might and the muscle of the Maoists..who probably invest a few thousand rupees in printing pamphlets..and that is it!! It generates fear..nobody goes out in the streets and WE the people-The majority-LOSE!!! Maoists WIN. There is another imortant element in the success of Bandh. This is the fact that officials..the government ACKNOWLEDGE that a bandh is called for. Winning of the war against the Maoists..has to start with confidence building measures at community level to national level. If this confidence building can be done in 'unorthodox' ways, why not do it? Why not spread pamphlets immediately following the maoists ones saying that the bandh has been cancelled.
Or why not make an official statement over the radio..saying that 'we received a notification from the chairman Prachanda of CPN Maoists that given the present circumstances of the country (insert some very genuine but ficticious cause here) the bandh called for Tuesday has been taken back'. Ochestrate the whole damn thing!! Create confusion..at the least. There will be more people on the streets..and Maoists will start feeling less confident about thier magic wand of 'nepal band'.
What if a propaganda to counter a call for Maoists Bandh is ochestrated..but Maoists get angry and end up exploding a few bombs or hurting someone? Well the answer to that would be what is mentioned here ealier. 'Bandaina desha, dui chara saput, mareka nagaye'.
Empowerment at community level would be another route to take..for the villages. It is with the fear 'the khukuri and the barrel of the gun' that the Maoists are ruling. Lets try to tackle this 'perception of fear' in more innovative ways in the villages too, as far as possible.
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| nayabato |
Posted
on 31-Oct-02 03:28 PM
i agree that no matter what the conditions are the moists need to be extracted form the nepali society.. what can be worse than a nepali keilling nepali.. what will be next if the moists do come to power.. they have got out of hand and even if it means supporting that stupid boka in the seat of the kingship then we most do as ousting the desdhoris is more important.. protean.. yes we must educate the nepali janta of not just accepting what is been implemented in their way of life of accepting the rules that are unfolded infornt of them becausing of the society we have. it needs to be brought into the light that majority of us outside of our motherland are the answer to take that next step..for i will accept the current king to a point but his son well that is a joke. a killer from what i have heard..is to be my future king..is someone trying to tell us a joke? the roots must be started by us..investing in our future must be our part even though we may not be able to take part on the ground currently but we can incite the neapli people to think twice about the actions that are avaliable to them. as for baburam bhattrai.. he is probably the worst coward of them all..at least no matter what the situation..the king(i am embrassed to say) is visible.. however this great thinker is no where to be seen..what is he scared of? that someone might attack him? does he have no remorse for the action carried out by his followers? or am i barking up the wrong tree and just blasting a mute horn?
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| protean |
Posted
on 01-Nov-02 09:44 PM
Mohan Khatri's death should wake us to the impending danger to everyone amongst us and serve as a guiding light for the future. My heartfelt condolences to his family, and may his soul rest in peace.
Very timely piece.
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http://www.nepalnews.com.np/ntimes/issue117/stateofthestate.htm
The purity of pure despair
Instead of cursing the darkness, Mohan Khatri lit a lamp.
I had known Major Mohan Khatri for nearly two years, but I can’t claim that I was close enough to be a friend. We knew each other, but the bond hadn’t deepened with either shared interests or sharing of ideas and opinions over a period. The late Major Khatri wasn’t related to me through blood, business, social association, or old school ties. Perhaps the only commonality I can claim with him was our endeavour to be “concerned citizens” in our own ways.
The Major, for that’s what we all called him even though he had retired from the army seven years ago, ran a tourist resort. He had so much self-confidence that he never felt the need to show it. He believed that future leaders of national institutions badly needed some hard training in team building and risk-taking. Perhaps it was his faith in the future of our country that made me respect him so much when he was alive. And forced me to grieve when he was mercilessly murdered by Maoists during Dasain.
In a macabre sense, it is comforting that death of single person can still make you weep. The daily death toll announced over the media has numbed our senses, and we tend to blank out when the statistics come out in the evening news. But when it’s a name, it hits you. And when it’s a name you know and admire, it shocks.
All kinds of deaths have become routine over last seven years. When the government repeatedly failed to protect the life and liberty of its citizen, and Maoist mayhem spread almost all over the country, our confidence in the ability of the government died a slow, painful, death. The sanctity of monarchy suffered a severe blow on 1 June, 2001.
Sher Bahadur Deuba killed our faith in parliamentary democracy on 22 May, 2002 by his midnight dissolution of the lower house of the parliament. And then another midnight announcement on Friday the Fourth last month, this time from the king himself, declared the passing away of the sovereignty of the people.
Mahakal, the deity of death and destruction, is performing his Tandava in Nepal without bothering to take a break.
But there was always the hope that the destruction will stop some day, and a spurt in creativity will begin soon after. In many ways, Major Khatri was one of the symbols of such hope. He was a person who dared to light a lamp rather than continue with the pointless game of cursing the darkness. It is this realisation that makes Mohan Khatri’s passing away even more painful. There is no tragedy bigger than the death of hope, and the demise of dreams is the worst fate that can befall a society.
Major Khatri, were he alive, would have respectfully, but strongly, disagreed with such a suggestion. He was a doer, believing in tackling fate rather than taking it lying down. Mourning was not his style, at least not public mourning. I can almost hear his reproach, “Bemoaning helplessness serves no purpose at all. The media must raise hopes during the time of despair.” It’s easier said than done, no doubt, but perhaps the importance of that suggestion is even more in the enveloping darkness.
Maoists are escalating their violent campaign. The political parties are back to their favourite game of word-wars. The economy suffers deep trauma. Donors, as usual, sit on the sidelines passing sanctimonious judgement. How deep do we have to sink before hitting the bottom and coming back to our senses? There is a frightening realisation as we hurtle into the unknown: nothing has changed since 4 October.
Voltaire said: “I fear that in this world one is reduced to being either hammer or anvil, lucky the man who escapes these alternatives!” I shall light a lamp in the memory of Major Khatri this Tihar—in memory of his faith, with reverence for his courage, but most of all, in celebration of the hopes that he had for this country. Dreams die, but at festival time we are reminded of their inescapable rebirth.
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| ashu |
Posted
on 01-Nov-02 10:09 PM
That was an excellent piece by CK Lal.
Last week, it was Major Khatri.
This week, we mourn another single Nepali, age 30, with tons of potential and who was killed in action -- Capitain Thapa.
May Captain Thapa's soul too rest in peace.
oohi
ashu
ktm,nepal
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Captain saved airport, but not himself
Captain Dinesh Thapa was killed in Rumjatar, but the Maoists were unable to penetrate the defences he built.
TOYA DAHAL in RUMJATAR
By all accounts, it was a grossly uneven fight. Two thousand battle-hardened Maoists, some armed with automatic SLRs and light machine guns were attacking a force of just 61 soldiers of the Royal Nepal Army guarding Rumjatar airfield in Okhaldhunga. After a six-hour firefight, the Maoists retreated, leaving at least 42 of their dead comrades and carrying away dozens of other dead and wounded.
Credit for the defence of Rumjatar goes to Captain Dinesh Thapa, 30, who died in the fierce gun-battle. Captain Thapa’s preparation, his ability to get advance intelligence of the impending attack, and his solid defences around the airfield allowed soldiers under his command to fight on.
Captain Thapa was single, and the son of veteran army colonel, Nar Bahadur Thapa. He was a born soldier, often leading his units deep into the surrounding mountains, where they had their ears close to the ground. In an interview in the control tower of Rumjatar airport just ten days before his death, he told us: “Our army is capable and well-trained, and we can put down the Maoists. But our numbers are small.” If Captain Thapa had his way, he would increase army strength to 200,000, and place units in every village. “Unemployed youth would have jobs, stability would return, and the economy would pick up,” he had said.
“You can’t fight this war with 20,000 soldiers in such terrain,” he added, gesturing at the mountains towering over the airstrip. In the interview, Thapa was surprisingly critical of higher officers in the army who he said didn’t visit the frontlines often enough. “This affects the morale of the boys,” he said. “I go to the field very chance I get, why can’t they come down from Kathmandu?” Ironically, Chief of Army Staff Pyar Jung Thapa visited Rumjatar a day after the attack to pay tribute to the bravery of Captain Thapa and his men.
Dinesh Thapa was dressed in civvies and looked relaxed when he spoke to us just after Dasain. There was no hint of bitterness in his comments. He just wanted to improve conditions for his men, and win the war. He felt his unit had enough weapons, and added: “In the west, the soldiers are having a hard time not because of lack of resources, but because of carelessness.” And he seemed determined not to allow a defeat during his watch.
As a Yeti Airlines Twin Otter diverted from Lukla landed on the runway below, Captain Thapa was prophetic: “The Maoists will never be able to take Rumjatar, however large their numbers.” Just ten days after he spoke these words, at 10:30 pm on 28 October, the guerrillas attacked in force from all sides, pummelling the trenches and the sandbag positions with automatic fire and grenades.
Thapa was in the same air traffic control tower where we had spoken. He was in radio contact with the army base up the ridge in Okhaldhunga, and was asking for reinforcements. The base was telling him that two helicopters were on their way from Kathmandu. He had just left the tower and was running to a gun position when he was felled by a grenade. Army officials later said Captain Thapa’s defences were so impregnable, the attacking force couldn’t even cross the barbed wire fence surrounding the airport.
In Kathmandu on Thursday, army spokesman Colonel Deepak Gurung was full of praise for the unit: “They were heavily outnumbered, but they were very disciplined and kept on fighting valiantly even after Captain Thapa was killed.”
http://www.nepalnews.com.np/ntimes/issue117/headline_1.htm
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