Mid-Western Regional Administrator Sharada Prasad Trital, Mid-Western Regional Police Office chief DIG Tapendra Dhoj Hamal, Chairman of Federation of Nepali Journalists Shiva Gaule, among others, accompanied the displaced journalists home.[break]
They decided to return to the district following a three-point commitment made by the regional administration office ensuring safety and security for the journalists.
On January 26, the displaced journalists had staged hunger strike in front of the Mid-Western Regional Administration Office demanding their safe rehabilitation and return to work.
Earlier on January 24, twenty-two journalists had fled the district and arrived in Surkhet following death threats issued by cadres of UCPN (Maoist).
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