Former Madhesh Lawmaker Arrested for 2015 Police Murder

Police have arrested former Madhesh provincial assembly member Kaushal Kumar Yadav on charges of murdering Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police Thaman BK during the Madhesh agitation in 2015.

Yadav, who served as a provincial lawmaker for the Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal (JSP), was apprehended while attempting to flee after an accident in Pokharbhinda. He was produced before the Mahottari District Court on Sunday.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Santulal Jayashwar confirmed the arrest. The court had previously sentenced seven individuals to life imprisonment for their roles in the incident but had kept Yadav’s case on hold.

Yadav is accused of lynching the injured APF officer in Jaleshwar during the agitation on September 11, 2015. The attackers, including Yadav, allegedly dragged Thaman BK from an ambulance and killed him as he was being transported for medical treatment in Janakpur.

Those sentenced to life include Pradeep Sah, Sanjay Kumar Sah, Mohan Thakur, Rama Shankar Mishra, Abhiram Sharma, Surendra Pandey, and Dharmendra Raya. Pradeep and Sanjay are currently serving their sentences, while the others remain at large. Federal lawmaker Laxmi Mahato Koiri of the CPN-UML was acquitted in the case.