Former army chief stopped at airport to fly out of Nepal

Kathmandu, May 13 (UNI) Former Chief of Army Staff Pyar Jung Thapa, who is accused of suppressing the April pro-democracy movement last year, was stopped from boarding a flight of Qatar Airways at the Tribhuwan International Airport here today.

Immigration officials under the directives of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority stopped Thapa and his wife at the airport while they were trying to fly to London, it is said.

He was prohibited to leave the country as the Rayamajhi Commission report found him guilty of suppressing the 'mass movement'. He was the chief of army during the King's regime.

He is also accused of attempting to suppress the democracy movement.

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