Irrigation Department DG, Sunkoshi Marin Project Director Taken to PM’s Office

Dinesh Rajauriya, Director General of the Department of Water Resources and Irrigation, and Krishna Prasad Rijal, director of the Sunkoshi Marin Diversion Multipurpose Project, were taken into police custody on Thursday and brought to the Prime Minister’s Office in Singha Durbar on Friday. Rajauriya was detained in Lahan, Siraha district, while Rijal was detained in Sindhuli district, with both held outside Kathmandu Valley before being produced at the office.

Detentions in Siraha and Sindhuli

Rajauriya was detained in Lahan, a town in Siraha district. He heads the Department of Water Resources and Irrigation as its director general. Rijal, a joint secretary and director of the Sunkoshi Marin Diversion Multipurpose Project, was detained in Sindhuli.

The two officials were taken into custody at separate locations outside the Kathmandu Valley. The information available identifies where each man was detained, but does not provide further details about the circumstances of either detention.

Brought to Singha Durbar

After their detention on Thursday, Rajauriya and Rijal were brought to the Prime Minister’s Office in Singha Durbar on Friday. They had remained outside the valley before being produced there.

The sequence marks a change in location from the districts where the two officials were detained to the government complex in the capital. Both were brought to the same office the day after being taken into custody, although they had been detained in different districts.

Engineers’ association objects

A separate report said an engineers’ association objected to the arrests of the two engineers. The report identified the objection as relating to the arrests of Rajauriya and Rijal. Further details about the association’s statement or the grounds for its objection were not available in the information provided.

The reports identify the officials by their positions and describe the locations and timing of their detention and transfer. They do not provide details about the reason for the arrests or any allegations against either official. Rajauriya is the senior official at the Department of Water Resources and Irrigation, while Rijal leads the Sunkoshi Marin Diversion Multipurpose Project. Both were brought to the Prime Minister’s Office in Singha Durbar on Friday after being detained outside Kathmandu Valley the previous day.