Eventhough they were not subjects of Her Majesty the Queen, but still they were Europian,girls and human being. Knowing the past of what his dad and his uncle used to do to girls, I smell Paras all around Nagarjuna Forest.

See the report from Kantipuronline.com

German cops return clueless


BIKASH SANGRAULA

KATHMANDU, Dec 13 - The German police team that searched the whole of Nagarjun forest from December 4 to 11 using sniffer dogs returned on Monday without any clue on the
"disappearance" of two European women-- a German and a French.

As mystery about the disappearance of the women in two consecutive months from Nagarjun forest, tightly guarded by the army, remains unresolved, it has raised many questions, and even more eyebrows.

The Royal Nepalese Army (RNA), which guards the 16 sq km forest that houses a private palace of the royal family, says the 'disappearances' are "none of its concern".

The French embassy, however, seems to be anything but convinced by that argument. A French Embassy official, on condition of anonymity, said, "It looks very unlikely that an outsider entered the forest, 'killed' the two women in a span of just over a month, hid their bodies, and left."

The two women "disappeared" while hiking in the forest on the outskirts of Kathmandu last September and October.

The Embassy official also dismissed the theory, floated recently by some investigation officials that a serial killer is behind the disappearances.

"The forest is tightly secured by the army, so it is difficult for a serial killer to wait inside the forest for his prey," the official said.

Superintendent of Police Kesh Bahadur Shahi, now chief of the District Police Office, Hanumandhoka, who has been leading a police investigation into the disappearances, also dismisses the serial killer theory. "People are attributing the disappearances to one person as both took place on Saturdays," he said. "That might just be a coincidence."

Who could it be then?

The RNA says that the forest is big and therefore it is easy for an outsider to enter and leave without being noticed. "The army controls the area. But it's a big forest, therefore our men wouldn't know if someone entered the area and left," RNA spokesperson Colonel Umesh Bhattarai, said. He also said since the public can enter the forest after registering, the disappearances are a police case.

However, the public is allowed access only along the track road leading to Jamacho, a Buddhist pilgrimage site atop Nagarjun hill.

The rest of the forest is secured with barbed wire. The belongings of the two women were found in the area of the forest denied access to the general public.

French national Celine Henri, 32, and German national Sabine Gruneklee, 31, have gone missing since September 3 and October 15, respectively.

The names of both appear in the register kept at the Nagarjun entrance.

The disappearances came to light after Henri's family reported to the French Embassy in October that she had been out of contact since September 3. She had left Hotel Pilgrim at Thamel that morning for Nagarjun forest, leaving her belongings behind. She never returned.

On October 16, a search team from the French Embassy led by Ambassador Michel Jolivet found some women's garments in the forest area.

Later, police found blood stains on trodden grass. Tests that followed revealed that the blood stains actually matched with the German woman. Her disappearance was reported only on October 18.

In searches that followed, belongings of both Henri and Gruneklee, including the former's passport and the latter's driving license, were recovered from the forest.

Heike Widmer, third secretary at the German Embassy, has been receiving e-mails from people who claim they sighted someone similar to Gruneklee at various places including Trishuli, Sankhu and Changunarayan. However, police efforts to trace her based on such information have been unfruitful.

Out of a total of 200 people who entered Nagarjun forest on September 3 and October 15, police have interrogated only 11 so far. "The rest hadn't written down their addresses on the entrance register," said SP Singh.

The search is not over though. According to the French Embassy official, a French police team is arriving with police dogs this week for another round of search in the forest. Nepal's Foreign Ministry has already given an approval letter to the Embassy for the purpose.


Long live the Queen!