Nepal: Fear for safety/possible "disappearance", Gopi Krishna Thapaliya

Index Number: ASA 31/071/2003
Date Published: 6 November 2003
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Nepal

Amnesty International is concerned for the safety of Gopi Krishna Thapaliya who was arrested by security force personnel in plain clothes on 4 November in Kathmandu. His whereabouts are unknown. Gopi Krishna Thapaliya is originally from Koshi Dekha Village Development Committee (VDC) in Kavrepalanchok district, and currently lives in Koteshwar, Kathmandu. He was arrested at his home at 6.30am on 4 November by six security personnel in plain clothes. When Gopi Krishna Thapaliya’s family asked the security personnel where they were taking him they did not answer. The security force personnel took Gopi Krishna Thapaliya away in a Toyota car with the registration Ba. 1 Cha 4347.