Naya Nepal Naya Blog

Home Minister Bhim Rawal has claimed the special security plan introduced by the government few months earlier has proved handy in improving the country's security situation.

Speaking at a programme organised on the occasion of International Day against Drug Abuse and Illegal Trafficking in Kathmandu on Friday, Home Minister Rawal claimed that the special security plan was heading towards success and that it would be given continuity in the coming year.

The Home Minister's claim comes a day after a broad daylight shootout at Maitidevi, Kathmandu and two days after a couple was shot and killed in Butwal.

In the last few months, a number of high-profile murders took place including that of media owners Jamim Shah and Arun Singhaniya. So much so, houses of two high-ranking police officers were robbed in Kathmandu.

The police administration failed to track down the criminals in almost all high-profile cases.

The business community has been constantly criticising the government for its failure to provide them security.

The government had introduced the security plan last year with an estimated outlay of Rs 4 billion. The security plan designed mainly to curb growing activities of armed groups in Terai has also drawn flak from Terai-based parties.