Court hearing on Associate Professor Chalaune to be held tomorrow

KATHMANDU, June 20: The petition to withdraw the case of those who attacked Tribhuvan University Associate Professor Prem Chalaune will be submitted in the hearing the next day. Justice Rajendra Kumar Shrestha ordered the petition to be filed as the petition was brought directly to the bench without being filed.

On October 6, 2020, the workers of the Nepal Students Association, including TU Nepal Students Association Chairman Hari Acharya, attacked the Associate Professor of Sociology, Chalaune. There was a case against 5 people including Acharya in the District Court Kathmandu. The final hearing of the case was scheduled for Tuesday.

However, even before that, the government decided to withdraw the case against the workers of the Nepal Students Association. Following the government's decision, Chalaune decided to go on a hunger strike. Associate Prof Chalaune went on a hunger strike in front of the Tribhuwan University VC Office claiming that injustice had been done to him.