Kathmandu, Aug. 18 -- Nepal's Supreme Court on Monday issued a writ of mandamus in the name of the government to investigate the 2007 Gaur massacre, one of the deadliest instances of political violence in Nepal's history.

A division bench of Justices Til Prasad Shrestha and Nityananda Pandey on Monday issued the mandamus directing that investigations into those named in the complaint related to the killings must proceed.

As per the court officials, Tribhuvan Sah and others had filed the writ petition naming the District Police Office, Rautahat and the District Government Attorney's Office, Rautahat as respondents. Sah had filed the petition on June 4, 2023, seeking a mandamus for an investigation into the massacre.

The March 21, 2007, ...