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Re:Acharya isn't a Maoist - 2007/01/26 17:27
Dadiram Neopane, Editor of ‘The Child Creation’, a monthly newspaper funded by LWF (run in Bhutanese refugee camp), informed TWMN that Shantiram Acharya has served as a Guest Editor for about six months of Bal Awaj (Children’s Voice), a Nepali wall newspaper before one-and-half years.
However, Neopane opines that since then Acharya was suspected to have gone mental disorderness and used to deal abnormally within friends circle.
Bhim Adhikari, who current edits Bal Awaj, also confirmed Acharya’s editorship for about one-and-half years.
Khem Shandilya, general secretary of Bhutan Press Union (BPU) and Editor-In-Chief of ‘Jagaran’, fortnightly newspaper in Nepali, says that Acharya used to post normal articles in his bulletin before few years. “But I don’t believe that he was arrested during the time of reporting as he was seen inactive in journalism sector for the last one-and-half years. May be, he had gone to original homeland, Bhutan for his personal purpose; however, international human rights authorities should help him get released at the earliest”, Shandilya said.
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