The following is what looks like a farewell letter from Anil Bhavnani of X-Zone discotheque in Kamaladi which was emailed to Nepali Times. Parts of the note containing references to Prince Paras and what transpired at X-Zone on Sunday, 6 August, are reprinted verbatim to indicate the frame of mind of those present.

I AM ANIL BHAVNANI, 27 YEARS OLD, MY FAMILY, ASEEM RANA AND ME OWN A LARGE PART OF X-ZONE DISCO. MY GRANDFATHER WAS A POSTMAN IN SIND, PAKISTAN (THEN INDIA), MY FATHER CAME TO NEPAL ABOUT 36 YEARS AGO AS A MANGER OF A GERMAN PHARMACUTICAL FIRM, HE COULD\'NT SPEAK A WORD OF NEPALI THEN. HE MET MY NEWARI MOTHER 30 YEARS AGO AT P.K CAMPUS, SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH A MAN 17 YEARS OLDER THAN HER. TILL TODAY SHE DOES NOT MEET HER FAMILY. I MET MY WIFE ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT, 31ST, OCT 1999, AT XZONE DISCO. I MARRIED HER ON JAN.17, 2000 AT SHANGRILA HOTEL. MY GRAND FATHER IN-LAW IS A RAI FROM KHOTANG. MY FATHER IN-LAW IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH CONGRESS I. IN ASSAM AND IS THE HEAD OF AN ASSOCIATION THERE THAT REPRESENTS OVER 3 MILLION NEPALI\'S THAT LIVE IN ASSAM.

MARRIAGE CHANGES ONE\'S LIFE DRASTICALLY AND I FEEL IT WAS THE BEST THING THAT HAPPENED TO ME AND THE GREAT PRINCE OF NEPAL.

ABOUT PRINCE PARAS SHAH.
I KNOW PRINCE PARAS SHAH BECAUSE HE FREQUENTS OUR CLUB, AND MORE SO BECAUSE MY BEST PAL ASEEM LOVE\'S AND RESPECTS HIM EVEN MORE THAN HIS OWN FATHER. PRINCE PARAS HIS FAMILY MEMBERS AND HIS PALS HAVE ALWAYS TREATED X-ZONE AND US WITH LOVE AND RESPECT. HE HAS PAID IN CASH TO ASEEM TEN FOLD FORWHATEVER DRINKS HE AND HIS FAMILY HAD AT XZONE.

ON THE NIGHT OF AUG.6TH, 2000, MY WIFE AND ME WERE DJ\'ING INSTEAD OF ASEEM RANA. AROUND 11 PM, A PARTNER OF MINE CAME INTO THE DJ BOX AND TOLD ME THAT SOME FOOLS HAD BEATEN PRINCE PARAS ON THE LOWER DECK OF XZONE. I SHUT THE MUSIC OFF, I GOT HOLD OF THE MIC. AND STARTED TO ABUSE THE CROWD IN NEPALI, I TOLD THEM THAT TODAY WAS FRIENDSHIP DAY AND I HAD BEEN DEDICATING ALL THE MUSIC FOR ASEEM, I RANTED AND RAVED ON THE MICROPHONE, IN TEARS AS MY WIFE TRIED TO CONTROL ME, I PUSHED HER AWAY, AND AGAIN ABUSED THE CROWD IN NEPALI, I TOLD THEM TO THAT THEY WERE ON ROYAL PROPERTY AND ASKED THEM ALL LEAVE AND SAID THAT THEY COULD COLLECT ALL THE MONEY THEY HAD SPENT ON THEIR WAY OUT. , AS SOME OF THE CROWD BEGAN TO DISPERSE. PRINCE PARAS APPEARED ON THE COPPER FLOOR AND SHOUTED TO ME," PUT THE F.........G MUSIC ON", I DID SO AND LEFT WITH MY WIFE AND SISTER AT AROUND 11.20 PM, I CALLED THE AREA POLICE FROM MY CELL AND NOTIFIED HIM. HE ARESSTED FIVE OF THE GOONS INVOLVED AND ASKED THE MANAGEMENT TO SHUT THE DISCO IMMEDIATELY. HOWEVER PRINCE PARAS REQUESTED THAT WE REMAIN OPEN, AND SO XZONE ONLY CLOSED AT AROUND 12.45 AM.

MORE THAN 15 PEOPLE DIE ON THE ROADS OF NEPAL EVERDAY, WHY HAS\'NT THE MEDIA WRITTEN ABOUT THIS. IF I AM DRIVING BACK HOME LATE AT NIGHT IN MY JEEP, AND ON AN INTERSECTION A DRUNK OR SPEEDING MOTORCYLIST HITS MY VEHICLE, IS THEN TAKEN BY THE POLICE AND OUR BOUNCERS TO HOSPITAL AND DIES AN HOUR LATER, WHY DON\'T THEY PUBLISH MY NAME ON THE FRONT PAGES????

WHY THE HYPE AND SLANDERING OF A PRINCE OF NEPAL WHO ENJOYS HIS LIFE?????????? IS IT BECAUSE THE PUBLIC LOVES THIS KIND OF NEWS OR IS IT BECAUSE THE RICH OWNERS OF THESE PUBLISHING HOUSES THRIVE ON THIS BECAUSE OF THE HUGE MONETARY GAINS...I AM SORRY TO PRINCE PARAS AND HIS FAMILY THAT ONE OF THE SO CALLED "PILLARS OF DEMOCRACY" IS NOTHING MORE THAN A MONEY PRINTING MACHINE.

IN CONCLUSION . I AM GIVING THIS LETTER TO EVERBODY WHO WANTS ONLY THE TRUTH------AND TO ALL THE MEDIA AND PUBLISHING HOUSES OF KATHMANDU-I WONDER IF ANY PAPER HAS THE BALLS TO PRINT THIS-BUT I WILL - WHEN "HINDU" LAUNCHES IN 2 MONTHS TIME- I BELIEVE IN GOD, THE KING AND THE TRUTH ONLY...I AM SORRY IF I HAVE HURT OR OFFENDED ANYONE BY THIS, PLEASE FIND IT IN YOUR HEARTS TO FORGIVE ME YOURS HUMBLY.