Kathmandu, March 28
Nepal’s jail administration has put French national Charles Sobhraj, 76, a murder convict serving jail sentence in Nepal, on the list of elderly prisoners, who could qualify for waiver of jail sentence.
Jailer of Central Jail Laxmi Bastola said his office had sent a list of 13 prisoners above the age of 65 to Department of Prison, but the list was not for the purpose of waiving Sobhraj’s jail term.
“If the government decides to waive Sobhraj’s jail sentence, then that will be a different issue but the government does not appear to be in the mood to waive Sobhraj’s jail sentence as of now,” he said and added that Sobhraj did not qualify for waiver as he was a foreign national who was serving life term in murder case.
Director of Department of Prison Pradeepraj Kanel told THT that his office had not recommended waiver for Sobhraj’s jail sentence. “We have sought names of elderly prisoners and we are yet to collect their names from prisons. Media reports about DoP recommending Sobhraj’s jail sentence are false,” he added.
Home Ministry Spokesperson, Kedarnath Sharma said there was no question of the ministry recommending waiver of sentence for elderly prisoners as the ministry was yet to receive the list of eld
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