Gyanendra, Paras involved in 2001 royal massacre: Report
Gyanendra, Paras involved in 2001 royal massacre: Report
Magar claimed that former crown prince Paras was behind the killing of the family of the former King, said the report, which quoted the news agency RSS as saying.
According to the report, Magar, who claimed that he was one of the bodyguards of Deependra at the time when the massacre took place, accused Paras of involvement in the killing when Maoist parliamentarian Leela Kumar Baga went to meet him in the jail yesterday. The prisoner alleged that Gyanendra had a hand in the massacre, the news portal reported.
Gyanendra, who for the first time acquired a passport in his name at the age of 64 last month, is in India on a personal visit since the first week of December.
64-year-old Gyanendra vacated the royal palace in the heart of the capital in June 2008, two weeks after the 601-member Constituent Assembly's abolished the monarchy.
Mass protests against Gyanendra that began in April 2006 finally culminated in the abolition of the 240-year-old monarchy soon after the CPN-Maoist emerged as the largest party in the constitutional assembly polls last year.
Many ordinary Nepalese were delighted to see the back of the dour, unpopular king as well as his son Paras.
Gyanendra, who has become a commoner after being forced to step down in May last year, will now pay tax under proposals cleared by the Nepalese Cabinet. The government announced setting up of a committee to work out the procedure for imposing taxes on royal property.
