Journalist Krishna Thapa has gone missing from his hometown Nuwakot for two weeks. Nuwakot lies in Bagmati Province of Nepal.
Thapa was district-based reporter to Kantipur National daily for five years. After leaving Kantipur a year ago, he started working on an online news portal, according to Shiva Devkota, editor at local Uttargaya daily.
Edotir Devkota shared with Freedom Forum that journalist Thapa has been missing since July 14. It is said that Thapa left for Kathmandu along with his belongings on July 14. Thereafter, he is out of contact.
According to Devkota, Thapa’s family members said that Thapa was seen online on Facebook even after July 14 but he did not respond to anyone’s message or calls. On July 27, Thapa’s brother lodged a complaint at local police station requesting to search for his brother. Since that day, he is not even seen online.
Journalist Devkota further informed that reason for his disappearance is yet unknown.
Freedom Forum is concerned over suspicious disappearance of the journalist. FF urges the concerned authority to farily investigate the case and disclose whereabouts of the journalist as soon as possible.
