Yubaraj Ghimire : Kathmandu, Thu Jul 12 2012, 01:42 hrs
Two months ago, when Nepal Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai
sanctioned Rs 20 million for a nine-member expedition to Mt Everest, it
sparked outrage over what many saw as splurging of public money on a
team that included Prakash Dahal, son of Maoist leader Prachanda.
Prakash later announced he did not need the money, ending that
controversy, only to enter another. Prakash, married with a child, has
now apparently eloped with one of his expedition team-mates, Bina Thapa
Magar, a Maoist student activist. This was after they had scaled the
peak.
Prakash, 31, and Bina are said to be “in hiding” in Patna, a city where he had gone to school from 1996 to 2002.