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WM Correspondent
The brutal assassination of yet another media entrepreneur Arun Singhaniya, which came in less than one month of the murder of media baron Jamim Shah, has further evoked a chill of fear in the country\'s media industry.
Singhaniya was publisher of Janakpur Today and chairman of Radio Today.
A year back, Uma Singh, journalist associated with Radio Today was also horrendously murdered.
The series of unabated assaults against the media professionals has exposed the gross inefficacy of the state\'s security measures.
Editors of the major media condemned the murder of Singhaniya. Terming the killing of him was a fearsome form of cowardice and criminalities, the editors said they would never surrender press freedom which has been established as the legacy and symbol of people\'s rights.
The editors also blamed the government\'s insensitive passivity and total lack of accountability for helping criminals to boost their intent that media would deviate from its duty amidst increasing insecurity.
Similarly, an unidentified gang opened fire at Lajimpat on Tuesday targeting the owner of Bharatpur Medical College Nagendra Pampad. Pampad, however, managed to escape unhurt.
The latest incidents have also given ample space to suspect whether the much-hyped special security plan is just a subterfuge to hoodwink general people.
Although the incidents of violence were on decreasing trend for the last few months ago, the law and order situation has suddenly started to exacerbate nowadays.
Apart from the media fraternity, the businessmen based in Kathmandu are being threatened by various armed groups.
The nefarious gangs are using tools like email, letters and telephone calls to issue threat to the business community by asking for hefty amount.
More than seven well-known businessmen from the Marwari community have received threatening calls from both national and international criminals.
The community lately warned that they would be compelled to quit if the government failed to beef up security to protect their lives and investment.
Some believe that the government\'s failure to nab the culprits of the murderer of Shah has only contributed in boosting the morale of the criminals.
The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), the apex organization of Nepal\'s business community, stated that they would think of establishing their own arm unit if the government failed to arrest disarray in security with the sense of urgency.
What is most worrisome is that even the Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal expressed his helplessness to address the increasing threats against businessmen.
NCC (Nepal Chambers of Commerce) president Surendra Bir Malakar told the media that the insensitivity on the part of the government towards the alarmingly deteriorating security had made the business community highly pessimistic.
Between 2006 and 2007, about 70 businessmen were abducted and most of them were freed after they paid hefty ransom.
Realizing this fact, the government must reverse the declining law and order situation to inject the much needed sense of security in both the business community and general people.
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