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US lawmaker calls for extradition of hit-and-run suspect from Nepal
A US Democrat in the house judiciary committee has asked the Department
of Justice (DoJ), USA, to "wake up and do something" in the effort to
return a Nepali suspect, Sajan Timalsina, to face charges of killing
three teenagers in Texas.
Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee made the plea
after several unsuccessful attempts to engage the help of the DoJ to
return Timalsina from Nepal as the US does not have an extradition
treaty with Nepal.
"I say to the justice department: Wake up and do something," said Lee in a speech on the house floor.
The US Marshal needs to stop hiding from my office and get over to my office to discuss why you can't do something."
She
demanded diplomatic dialogue to bring the suspect to US. "You are
leaving crying parents with no justice because you let someone go," he
said.
According to police reports, Timalsina, 26, was driving his
car in Lee's hometown of Houston when, police allege, he ran a red light
and broadsided an Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) carrying five teenagers
and two adults, which then hit utility poll on August 7.
Two
13-year-olds and a 17-year-old were immediately ejected from the SUV and
pronounced dead within hours. The other two teens and two adults in the
vehicle survived.
Local police later said that they had enough
evidence to hold Timalsina overnight, but released him that night after
conducting a standard field sobriety test because they didn't think he
would flee and they wanted to get the blood test results back for his
alcohol level before they pressed charges, wrote the online version of
the Hill News.
When, police said, they discovered that his blood
alcohol content was nearly twice the legal limit, they went to charge
him with three counts of intoxication manslaughter only to find that he
had left the country.
According to the report, Timalsina was in
the U.S. on a student visa and could face 60 years in prison if
convicted on all three charges. nepalnews.com