Dhangadi shutdown to protest journalist's murder enters 3rd day

KAILALI, Dec 1 - Enraged locals and kin of slain journalist Jagat Joshi continued shutdown of Dhangadhi and Attariya Bazaar of Kailali district for the third consecutive day on Monday.The agitating locals called for General strike since Saturday after the mortal remains believed to be of missing journalist Joshi were ...

...from Chaukidanda Women's Community Forest along the bank of Godabari River at Malakheti VDC-3 in Kailali district on Friday.

Meanwhile, the media personnel took out rallies at different places in the country to protest the murder.

Joshi, editor of Dhangadi edition of Jahadisha daily and chairman of CPN (Maoist)-aligned Kailali chapter of Association of Revolutionary Journalists, had been missing since Oct. 8.

Family members of the journalist, who hails from Malakheti VDC-3, say the latter was scheduled to go to Kathmandu the day before he went missing.

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