Krishna Mohan Shrestha, your words will not be forgotten. Your bravery will be the guiding light. Your mission will be completed.

How can you believe a person who kills your father and mother and three days later wants to talk peace with you? Will you? See it in the eyes of Krishna Mohan's three young daughters ("No more orphans", #131) whose parents have just been snuffed out of this world. My dear Nepali brothers and sisters, mark my word, the souls of Krishna Mohan and his wife and many others who were murdered in this cowardly fashion across the nation will haunt you for the rest of your lives if you don't take the courage to voice your outrage against this inconceivable brutality and petition the government to take stern action against these godless culprits. You know why the Maoists have not come forth and taken responsibility of this heinous crime? Because they are scared of public backlash and dwindling support for their cause. They know this crime can never be forgotten or forgiven.

I met Krishna Mohan and his wife about a month ago for the very first time in my life. And I was mesmerised by his gentleness, humility, resolve and confidence. He was one of the very few truly dedicated officers in this country. My shock and grief is now turning into anger. These cowards will never say they did it. We have to go after them before they turn Nepal into another Cambodia. Someday, Baburam and Prachanda, the long arm of the law will come and get you. That is if the daughters and sons whose parents you murdered, fathers and mothers of the children you massacred, or the grandchildren of the old men and women you butchered don't get to you first. The ghosts of the people you have killed, including those of Krishna Mohan and Nudup, will haunt you for the rest of your days.

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. Do you know why there is not that much official concern over the murders of Krishna Mohan Shrestha, his wife and their bodyguard? For the same reason that there wasn\'t much of a fuss when 30 policemen were killed in Jumla.They did not belong to Kathmandu\'s elite ruling class. Krishna Mohan was a man who rose up the ranks through personal effort, integrity and honesty. He did not have to pull strings, he wouldn\'t. In his death, the nation now has a role model. Let there be thousands of Nepali Krishna Mohans to replace this great citizen.

Rabindra Chhetri,
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