Kailali District Court on Monday ordered to remand Resham Chaudhary, who was elected as federal parliament member from Kailali-1, in judicial custody. The court has slated his hearing for Wednesday (February 28).

Chaudhary surrendered before the Kailali District Court in Dhangadhi today. He had been absconding after he was charge-sheeted for his alleged key role in Tikapur carnage. Eight people had pin-pointed him as the suspect under various charges of murder, loot, theft and attempt to murder.

Lawyers from both plaintiff and defendant’s side held discussions on the case against Chaudhary today. Advocate Ganga Ram Padhya, Gajendra KC and Milan Kumar Rai defended Chaudhary, while government attorneys Prakash Bahadur Bhandari, Bhandev Joshi and Nabin Bhatta advocated on behalf of the plaintiff.

A charge-sheet has been filed against 56 people for their alleged involvement in Tikapur carnage that took place on August 23, 2015. Of the accused, 25 people have been detained at district jail for judicial investigation.

Chaudhary had won the parliamentary election with a wide margin of 20,935 votes from Rastriya Janata Party (RJP) ticket.

Though Chaudhary was elected as the federal parliament member, the Election Commission had refused to give him his victory certificate.

Chaudhary had also tried to register a writ petition at the Supreme Court through his wife Ranjita Chaudhary seeking issuance of his victory certificate to her. The Supreme Court, however, had refused to register the writ petition.