What could be the reason to kill these Teachers??? Muktinath Adhikari was reportedly abducted by Maoists on 16 January while teaching at the Pandini Sanskrit Secondary school at Duradanda, Lamjung district. A group of four Maoists tied his hands behind his back, and took him about 200m from the school. There he was tied to a tree and shot in the stomach. He died on the spot. Muktinath Adhikari is convenor of Amnesty International local group in Lamjung district; he was acting headmaster of the school. It is suspected that the reason for the killing of Muktinath Adhikari is his membership of the Nepal Teachers' Association affiliated to the ruling Nepali Congress Party (NC). Apparently he had earlier refused to give "donations" demanded by the Maoists and had received threats. Harka Raj Rai, headmaster of Sisapani High School at Kaule village, Khotang district was abducted on 16 January by members of the Khumbuvan Liberation Front, affiliated to the CPN (Maoist). He was shot dead later that day. Twenty eight teachers have been deliberately killed by the Maoists, nine of whom since a state of emergency was declared in late November 2001; dozens of others have been maimed. On 12 January, Maoists killed three people, including Top Bahadur Subba, a teacher at a village in Terhathum district. In the evening of 11 January, Tak Bahadur Patangwa, a teacher at Janta Secondary School, Taplejung district was among four people killed, reportedly by a group of around 35 Maoists who had entered the house where they were sleeping. On 6 January, a group of Maoists entered the home of Rameshwor Pokharel, the headmaster of Sharada High School in Khoplang, Gorkha district and attacked him. The victim's relatives said the rebels broke his leg with a hammer. Shiva Prasad Adhikari, 28, a teacher at Mancha Kanya High School, Hansapur village, Gorkha district was brutally attacked in his school. He died while undergoing treatment at the Bhacchek Health Centre on 17 December. On 23 December, Maoists hacked off the hand of Khem Bahadur Rana, the Headmaster of Bahakot High School, Syangja district. work cited : http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA310102002?open&of=ENG-2S4 aba bikash ra jan chetana ra adhikar ko thul thulo kura garne maaobaadi le sikcha ko jyoti nibhayera.. hamilai kasto sikcha dina khojeko ho???? aba govt. school ma paraune teachers le pajero pani ta chareka thiyenan... teipani kina mareko hola??? baburam ko chora chori bidesh ma parne.. ani hamro school ko teacher sabai marne??? kina hola????