Devi Prasad Dhital Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Third media owner in six months gunned down in Nepal

July 23, 2010 5:03 PM EDT

New York, July 23, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned by Thursday’s killing of Devi Prasad Dhital, the chairman of Nepal’s broadcaster Radio Tulsipur FM. His is the third murder of a Nepalese media owner in a less than six months.