KATHMANDU, MAR 11 - Nepal Automobile Recondition Association (NARA) claimed Wednesday that the police had tried to frame Dilip Thapa, proprietor of Siddhi Auto from where the Yamaha motorcycle used by the killers of media entrepreneur Jamim Shah had been bought.

The Metropolitan Police Crime Division, Hanuman Dhoka had taken Thapa into custody for questioning on March 3. Similarly, Roshan Pandey, proprietor of Everest Communication, Baneshwor has also been arrested for selling a mobile SIM card to the alleged killers.

NARA said that all due process had been followed and documentation done when the motorcycle was sold.

The association has warned of organising a phase-wise protest against the administration's move to frame the two traders.

"If they are not released after the court hearing, we will be compelled to called a valley banda or even a nationwide shutdown," said NARA president Madhu Sudhan Bhattarai.

Business executives said that the administration was trying to harass entrepreneurs.

Five main dealers and 16 trade-in outlets of Yamaha Motors organised a protest rally on Wednesday demanding fair judgement and immediate release of the two entrepreneurs.

Posted on: 2010-03-11 09:04

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