Indian Businessman Leave Kathmandu

Meanwhile on Friday, India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval rang up Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and expressed his sorrow over the death of Gautam. According to sources, Doval told PM Dahal that India would extend all necessary diplomatic efforts and cooperation needed by the Nepali side and requested to provide post-mortem report and other information related to the incident to the Indian side, according to the Prime Minister’s Secretariat. While informing Doval of the incident, PM Dahal told him that the issue was of serious and sensitive nature and assured Nepal’s full support to the enquiry launched by India. Dahal told Doval that he hoped India would take stern action against the guilty, the statement reads. Doval also communicated to Dahal that Modi expressed sadness over the incident.Earlier on Friday, Minister for Foreign Affairs Prakash Sharan Mahat spoke with his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj over phone and sought India’s position on the killing of Gautam, as the Indian embassy on Thursday had denied that “there was any incident of firing by SSB”. Swaraj is learnt to have told Mahat that the Indian government has taken the incident seriously and that it had already instructed local authorities to initiate a probe. Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Bimalendra Nidhi told Parliament that the government has declared Gautam, a martyr. The government has also decided to provide Rs one million compensation to Gautam’s family and fund the education of his children, said Nidhi. He also informed the House that Gautam was killed by SSB during a row over the construction of a culvert.