INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, January 12
Kathmandu District Court today summoned government witnesses, including doctors who examined Roshani Shahi, and
investigated forensic evidence.
Shahi, a staffer at the Parliament Secretariat, had filed a first information report against former speaker
Krishna Bahadur Mahara accusing him of attempt to rape.
Mahara is in judicial custody
According to KDC Registrar Anand Shrestha, Judge Amar Raj Paudel issued the order asking the doctors who examined Shahi, and experts who
investigated forensic evidence in the case, to record their statements in the court.
The court also ordered those persons who had signed the
crime scene deeds prepared in the case, to record their statements
Shrestha said accounts of witnesses are considered credible only when their statements are examined by the court and hence the court ordered
the witnesses to
record their statements.
A few days ago, Patan High Court had issued an order to the KDC to adjudicate the case within one
Shahi had filed an FIR on October 4, accusing Mahara of attempting to rape her at her rented apartment in Kathmandu
Mahara, who resigned from the post of speaker following an attempt to rape allegation has denied all charges.
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