KANCHANPUR, Nov 25: Yagyaraj Panta, who has been staging a sit-in in Dhangadhi, demanding justice for his daughter Nirmala who was raped and murdered in Kanchanpur in July, was taken to Kathmandu for treatment, Saturday.
Yagyaraj was found to be suffering from mental health problems due to his indefinite sit-in round the clock. Nirmala’s mother Durga Devi has accompanied him to the capital.
“He has gone out of control. It’s been four days since he started murmuring to himself. I’m starting to get worried,” informed Durga Devi. “We have to leave behind our two remaining daughters at home and that is also making me worry.”
A video that is now going viral on social media clearly shows that Yagyaraj has developed mental illness. He and his wife have been staging a sit-in before Kanchanpur District Administration Office (DAO) since the past 13 days.
Relatives and neighbors are greatly worried over Yagyaraj’s condition. Durga Devi said he has started showing unusual behavior of late.
“He screams and scolds and repeatedly warns that he will shoot himself. I have never seen him behave like this before,” she added.
He has also become restless and distraught as hundreds of people keep asking him the same kind of questions every day, according to her.
Police have failed to make any headway even four months after Nirmala’s gruesome murder at Bhimdutta Municipality-2, Kanchanpur. The case has led to deep anger and frustration among people across the country and protests have intensified.