May 28, Kathmandu: Tikapur massacre accused Resham Chaudhary, who was sentenced for life imprisonment by supreme court has been pardoned by the government, on the occasion of Republic Day.

Meanwhile, Sharda Kadayat, the wife of police inspector Keshav Bohra, who was killed in the Tikapur incident, has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the government’s decision to grant amnesty to Resham Chaudhary.

After the government tried to free Chaudhary, who was found guilty by the court and was serving his prison sentence, Sharda had submitted a petition to the President’s Office and demanded that Chaudhary should not be released from prison.

On Bhadra 7, 2072 BS., during the Tharuhat movement in Tikapur of Kailali, seven security personnel and one minor were killed along with SSP Laxman Neupane of Nepal Police.