My nephew Col Kiran Basnet was brutally gunned down in broad daylight last Thursday. May his soul rest in peace. After Col Ramindra Chhetri was also targeted, the words "beefed up" has been appearing too frequently in the English dailies: "beefed up security", "beefed up patrolling", etc. Anyone with common sense can tell what actually needs "beefing up" is intelligence. We have the Royal Nepali Army, the Nepal Police besides those who do not wear the uniform (Nepal Guptachar Bibhag). For heaven's sake, where is the intelligence of these institutions? Col Kiran was an amicable man who had an unblemished and flawless army career with a brilliant future. Till intelligence is improved and the culprits of such heinous crimes are brought to book, it appears many more of Nepal's bright people are going to lose their lives.

Dr Amrit KC,
Bishalnagar