Khusbu oli and her ex.dinesh adhikari
Khusbu oli and her ex.dinesh adhikari
Dinesh Adhikari, aka Chari, was the first don whose death enraged the parliamentarians, mainly from the CPN-UML, and
threatened to bring Parliament to a halt. In the House, UML leaders from Dhading, Adhikari’s home district, demanded an independent enquiry into the incident.
After he was shot dead on August 6 in Bhimdhunga, Kathmandu, police said that it was an “encounter killing”. His family members and friends, however, refused to believe the police’s story. They claimed that Chari was killed in an act of revenge. His girlfriend, Khusbu Oli, said that the Police Inspector, Kumud Dhungel, who failed to woo her, had shot the crime lord in retaliation.
After the incident, over 200 UML supporters went to the UML headquarters in Balkhu to draw the party’s attention to the shooting. UML Chairperson KP Oli rubbished media reports of the “encounter killing”, calling it an extra-judicial case of killing.
Nicknamed ‘Chari’ or ‘bird’ for his ability to evade arrest, police had been in search of Adhikari for chargers of attempted murder, a string of extortion, assault, possession of arms and running illegal business.
Considered close to the UML party, Adhikari was also believed to have been involved in the shoot-out of Nepali Congress (NC) member Min Krishna Maharjan in Lalitpur earlier this year.
Chari’s rise and fall is the epitome of intricate but blatant links between politicians and criminals.
