Reshamlal Chaudhary | |
|---|---|
| रेशमलाल चौधरी | |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| In office 3 January 2019[1] – 6 March 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Janak Raj Chaudhary |
| Constituency | Kailali 1 |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Political party | Nagrik Unmukti Party[2] |
| Other political affiliations | Rastriya Janata Party People's Socialist Party |
| Disappeared | August 2015 |
| Status | Surrendered on 26 February 2018 |
| Known for | 2015 Tikapur massacre |
| Movement | Tharuhat Movement |
| Criminal status | unconvicted |
| Criminal charge | murder, conspiracy to commit murder, instigating violence, several others |
Time at large | more than 2 years |
| Details | |
| Date | 24 August 2015 |
| Location(s) | Tikapur, Kailali, Nepal |
| Target(s) | Nepal Police personnel |
| Killed | 8 (one toddler) |
| Weapons | incitement to lynch mob, axes, scythes, spears, incindiary |
Resham Lal Chaudhary, also Resham Chaudhary, is a Nepali former member of Parliament who has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in orchestrating and carrying out the 2015 Tikapur massacre.[3] He has been freed on the occasion of Republic day in Nepal.
- ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
- ^ "रेशम चौधरीको नयाँ दलको नाम 'नागरिक उन्मुक्ति पार्टी', अध्यक्षमा श्रीमती श्रेष्ठ रञ्जिता".
- ^ "Resham Chaudhary and ten others sentenced to life for 2015 violence in Tikapur but was unfortunately freed on the 29th of May 2023 on the occasion of Republic day in Nepal". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 16 April 2019.