Dinesh Chandra Thapaliya, a journalist with the national Prerana monthly and Youth Awareness Environment Forum, was abducted by unidentified persons from his residence at Kalanki on Sunday July 3.
The Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ) on Monday, 4 July expressed serious concern over the abduction of Thapaliya. FNJ general secretary Mahendra Bista said that Thapaliya’s family still do not know of his whereabouts. The IFJ joins the FNJ in demanding his early and safe release.