FROM INSEC.ORG TODAY: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, >â??What if the stones had hit me? I could have died. Why did you not >provide security?â?? > >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. > >Posted under General, Torture, Illegal detention, Royal Coup, NEWS, >EXCLUSIVE on Saturday 3 December 2005 at 7:59 pm > >3 Comments » > >Comment by Anonymous â?? 12/3/2005 @ 8:12 pm > > http://www.blog.com.np/?p=1022