Source: http://insn.org/?p=2310 Crown prince Paras vandalized police headquarters, beat up three police IGPs INSN, Kathmandu/Delhi, December 3, 2005. According to very reliable sources in Kathmandu, Crown Prince Paras Shah vandalized Nepal Police headquarters at Naxal, Kathmandu and beat up three Inspector Generals of Police (IGPs) this afternoon. He reportedly accused them of not being able to provide security to him yesterday as he was on his way to the airport to receive his father Gyanendra who returned from a lengthy visit to Africa. Violence erupted yesterday afternoon in Kathmandu after a group of pro-monarchy vigilantes attacked demonstrators at New Baneshwor who were particpating in a mammoth yet peaceful pro-democracy demonstration organized by the Communist Party of Nepal (UML). The enraged demostrators retaliated by pelting stones at the royalist vigilantes. The police used force against the pro-democracy activist while providing security to the royalist vigilantes. The angry demonstrators also pelted stones at the security convoy that passed through the road while the clash was taking place, to receive the royal couple at the international airport. Paras Shah was also on his way to receive the royal couple, protected by the security convoy. Paras reportedly went to the police headqaurters around noon today, banged his car on the main gate, enteterd into the compound, called up the IGP of the Janpath Nepal Police Shyam Bhakta Thapa at his own office, broke chairs, and slapped him on his face several times. He then reportedly ordered the IGPs of the Armed Police Force and the National Investigation Department to report themselves imemdiately Nepal Police headquarters, lined them up, shouted at them and slapped all of them on their face and kicked them several times. Reportedly, he did this in full view of other police officers and personnel. He was reportedly, repeatedly asking them, ?What if the stones had hit me? I could have died. Why did you not provide security?? Paras also reportedly assaulted a Colonel of the Roayl Nepal Army, in charge of the security convoy yesterday. The three police IGPs have reportedly complained about the insulting behaviour of the prince to the king, but have not made public the details of the incident. Several major media houses in Kathmandu have reportedly confirmed with the police sources about the incident. But fearing action by the royals, they have not carried the news yet, at the time of writing this report (7:30 pm). Some human rights activists and journalists in Kathmandu expressed the fear with INSN that a few dozen civilians arrested by the police after the incident yesterady may be tortured or even disappeared. Immediately after the incident, the police randomly arrested people from the surrounding area, accusing them of engaging in violence. The government has not made public the list of the people arrested, let alone their whereabouts as yet. It is publicly known in Nepal that prince Paras has murdered and asslauted people several times in the past, before he became the Crown Prince, and has assualted journalists and businessmen after becoming the Crown Prince.