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बाल्टिमोर गोलीकाण्डका घाइतेको पहिचान खुल्यो

Posted: 25 Aug 2011 08:50 AM PDT

चिन्ताजनक अवस्थामा उपचारार्थ बाल्टिमोर गोलीकाण्डका घाइते १७ वर्षीय विकाश गुरुङ रहेको खुल्नमा आएको छ |

मृतक बिगबहादुर गुरुङ

प्रत्यक्षदर्शीका अनुसार घाइते अवस्थाका विकाश कुध्दै आफ्नो अपार्टमेन्टभित्र छिरे र बैठक कक्षमा लडे | "मलाई गोली लागेको छ र मेरा अंकल बाहिर हुनुहुन्छ, पुलिसलाई खबर गरिदिनू", प्रत्यक्षदर्शीले विकाशले भनेको जनाएका छन् | उनलाई तत्काल ९११ मा खबर गरी अस्पतालतर्फ लागिएको थियो |

उता स्थानीय अस्पतालमा मृत घोषित बिगबहादुर गुरुङको छातीमा गोली लागेको बताइएको छ | उनलाई प्रहरीले एउटा घरको पछाडी फेला परेका थिए |

भूटानको दागानाबाट आएका बिगबहादुर र विकाश नजिकको आफन्त भएको थाहा भएको छ |

मृतक र घाइतेका आफन्तहरु र सामाजिक कार्यकर्ताहरुसंगको छोटो भेटमा पुलिस प्रशासनले घटनासम्बन्धी अनुसन्धान भइरहेको बताएको छ | यो रिपोर्ट फैल गर्दासम्म घटनामा संलग्न कसैलाई पक्राउ गरिएको छैन |

अस्पतालबाट प्राप्त पछिल्लो जानकारीअनुसार विकाशको अवस्था सुध्रदै छ | उनले घटना के कारण घट्यो भन्ने बारे धेरै खुलाउन नसके पनि आफ्नी दिदी बुद्धी गुरुङसँग दुई जना कालो वर्णका बन्दुकधारीले आफूलाई बन्दुक देखाउँदै पैसा मागेको बताएका छन् | “मैंले आफ्नो खल्तीबाट पैसा निकाल्न लाग्दा उनीहरुले  अंकलमाथि गोली प्रहर गरे | त्यसपछि उनीहरुले मेरो पेटमा गोली प्रहर गरे “, बुद्धीले आफो भाइलाई उद्धृत गर्दै भनेकी छिन् |

Survivor of Baltimore firing identified

Posted: 25 Aug 2011 05:30 AM PDT

The survivor of firing in Baltimore, Maryland, who is undergoing treatment under critical condition, is identified as Bikash Gurung age, 17.

Late Big Bahadur Gurung. He was resettled in Baltimore from Sanischare camp in the mid july 2011. Courtesy/family.

According to an eyewitness, Bikash ran into his apartment and fell down in sitting room screaming for help. "I am shot and my uncle is outside, please call the police," Bikash is quoted as saying, before this eyewitness called the 911 and rushed him to hospital.

Meanwhile, the deceased late Big Bahadur Gurung, who was pronounced dead at a local hospital, is reported to have sustained bullets in his chest. Police had found him at the side of the apartment.

The shoot-out victims—Big Bahadur (deceased) and Bikash (survivor) are close relatives, originally hailed from Dagana district in Bhutan.

Police authority in the area, during a brief meeting with the victims' relatives and community leaders on Wednesday, said that the investigation is underway. No one has been arrested in connection to the incident until the filing of this report.

A latest report obtained from the hospital says that Gurung’s condition is improving. Gurung could say nothing about the cause of the shooting, but he said to his sister, Buddhi Gurung, that two black men approached him with a gun demanding for money. “As I was opening my wallet, they shot my uncle. After that they shot me on my stomach”, Buddhi Gurung quotes Bikash Gurung as saying.

Reporting contributed by KN Upreti from Baltimore.

PM uncertain about the future of democracy

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 07:35 PM PDT

Prime Minister Jigme Y Thinley has admitted that the newly introduced democracy has failed to win the hearts of many Bhutanese who may still wish for monarchy at critical times.

In a recent interview with AFP, Prime Minister Thinley seemed uncertain about the future of democracy. He further stated that democracy is new to the country and it is far to envision what it may bring to the glory of people.

According to the PM, different democratic countries have been the cause of trouble, and Bhutan could not be an exception.

"It is an emerging democracy which has a long way to go",added the PM that the king may have to intervene if things do not go well.

It is interesting that only only two parties contested the polls in 2008. Thinley’s Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) or Bhutan United Party had a grand winning-45 of the 47 seats in the new National Assembly. The People’s Democratic Party won only two seats.

It is worth mentioning that autocracy opened the kingdom to the outside world only in the 1970s. The country did not have any proper roads or currencies or access to telephones until 1960s. Television was allowed to the public only in 1999.

Different analysts admit that Bhutan has not fully adapted to the democracy.