The Nepali Royal Family Mass Murder,Massacre

A junior army staff at Narayanhiti Lal Bahadur Lamteri claiming to be an eyewitness to the tragedy has said Crown Prince Dipendra, blamed for the ghastly act, was killed before the rest of his family members on the fateful Friday night.

Dipendra was first killed on the June one, 2001 at the royal palace before his father King Birendra and mother Aishwarya died of gunshots during a dinner party.
Lamteri, claimed that Paras, son of ousted King Gyanendra and cousin brother of Dipendra, came to the palace dinner party that night accompanied by a person wearing a Dipendra look-alike mask.

The masked man shot dead Dipendra before other royal family members were killed, he told the daily.

Lamteri claimed that he saw Dipendra, who got six bullet shots on his back and one on the left hand, in an inebriated state in his private room before the royal family was killed.

Lamteri said he along with some other security staff also sent an unnamed letter to the palace saying that Dipendra was innocent. But three months later, he was transferred to another battalion with demotion and then sent to jail on a "false" murder case of a businessman, the daily reported.

According to the controversial probe commission report, Dipendra, under the influence of alcohol, killed King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and other members of the royal family before committing suicide.

 9 Aug 2009 KATHMANDU 
In a sensational move that
added a new chapter to the stunning
massacre of the royal family of Nepal in
2001, Nepal police on Thursday night
arrested the man who had claimed 24 hours
earlier that he was the mastermind.
Tul Prasad Sherchan, a 59-year-old former
student of the St Xavier's School in Godavari,
had claimed he was the head of the Royal
Bureau of Intelligence manning covert
operations.
Sherchan claimed he had planned the
elimination of King Birendra and his entire
family in 1975 after the royal family did not
heed his warning not to siphon off the
funds that came from foreign donors.
The placid Sherchan claimed he was in
prison when the massacre took place and
had told everyone in the jail on June 1, 2001
that the royal family would be wiped out by
night.
"Neiher King Gyanendra nor India nor the
CIA had a hand in the massacre," he said. "I
designed it and have video tapes to prove
it."
Sherchan told TNN that he had warned
Prince Dhirendra, BIrendra's youngest
brother, in London in 1973. However, the
royal family ignored it was the ramblings of
the mad man and he was compelled to do
the deed to save the country.
On Wednesday, Sherchan created a furore
when he announced his culpability at a
media club.
On Thursday, when he was returning home
near midnight after an exclusive interview
to TNN, he was stopped by police in the
Sundhara area of the capital and arrested.

Made up story by somebody offered him money to say or real story??
Here, another mystery risen.

 Former Speaker of the Nepalese Assembly house Taranath Ranabhat showing M16 to media used by gunman on Jestha 19th,2058 night.
He used naked hand to hold M16,we
lost one investigation.
Nobody check finger prints on them.

I met Dipendra in the palace when he was three years old. King Birendra and Queen Aiswarya were busy with state affairs most of the time. Dipendra was brought up by nannies and orderlies, and was deprived of parental love. He wasn't allowed to mingle much with other children, nor was he put under the care of experts to groom him to be crown prince. He did not even get an opportunity to develop a normal personality, and used to beat people to the ground and until they cried. He used to enjoy doing it, and was growing eccentric and stubborn.

I couldn't help notice what was happening to him. Although mother-son relations should be warm, Dipendra was not in good terms with the queen as both were headstrong. Neither would concede defeat. I experienced and closely studied his personality, I witnessed and experienced his sadistic activities. We had to escort him to school when he was in kindergarten. He did not want to go to school, but the queen forced him to. She used to shout at him and slap him often when he refused. Sometimes, he wanted to get off the car that was taking him to school.

Dipendra was a lot of bother to his ADCs. He had a destructive streak and used to break glasses and pens in the ADC's office, and if an ADC refused to obey him he used to kick and slap them. I had been at the receiving end of such treatment often. He had named me "Dangerous ADC". He was a spoilt brat.

The reason he was sent off to boarding school at Budhanilkantha was that he was difficult to handle at home. Actually, he enjoyed the freedom he had as a crown prince in school. He started drinking and smoking when he was in Grade Seven. We also heard that he led a gang to Siddhartha Bansathali School for a fight. He was interested in body-building, boxing and karate.

The distance between Dipendra and his parents widened after he started going to school. The parents cut his allowance but he would borrow from others. Since childhood, he got pleasure from hurting others, he used to hunt pigeons with his catapult, and he would torture the wounded bird before it died. If he caught a mouse, he would set its tail on fire and leave it to die.

He had a thoughtful side, too. He loved travelling, wrote poetry, and Nepali literature teachers were hired to hone his talent. In Grade Six, he came up to me and said, "My mother is always ordering me around, can you have a word with her?" I couldn't help him.

As he grew older, he fell for Supriya Shah. The queen came to know about it. She may have asked him about it, which he did not like. The queen was against this relationship because of family ties: Supriya was grand-daughter of Queen Mother Ratna's own sister. I overheard the queen once saying, "Supriya is not competent to be queen."

Queen Ratna didn't mind the relationship, and King Birendra found himself in the middle between Ratna and Aiswarya. Dipendra met Devyani when he was studying at Eton. He continued his relationship with Supriya while he courted Devyani. But the royal family had a position that the crown price should not marry someone having relatives in India, as Devyani did.

He once had a torrid affair with a Japanese girl he met at Eton, and she had come to Nepal often to meet him. On one of those visits they had a huge fight. Dipendra's ADC Gajendra Bohora escorted her to the airport. On the way, the girl told him: "Your crown prince is mad, he will die a dog's death."

By former Military Secretary Vivek Kumar Shah.

Love story Of Late King Dipendra

While Dipendra was studying in England, he had a classmate called Charles whose father is a Lord and who has a sister, Shelly. This Lord was Dipendra's local guardian when he was in England between 1987 and 1990. Around that time, Devyani also come to England for some sort of course. She came into contact with Shelly, whose father became Devyani's guardian too. 

Although Dipendra and Devyani lived in different parts of England, since they both had the same guardian, they first met at the house of Shelley and Charles. Both Dipendra and Devyani were in their early 20's, just out of their teens. At that ime, Dipendra was quite a jolly fellow who liked to joke a lot. It is said that it is easy for the young to fall in love very quickly. It is around this time, that Dipendra told Devyani in front of Charles and Shelly that she was fit to be the future queen of Nepal.

The relationship between Dipendra and Devyani began there. Until 1993 or 1994, the palace did not know anything about it. In fact, Devyani's parents were unaware of it for another year. In 1995, Devyani's older sister Urvasi married into a rich business family in India. Just before this wedding, Devyani's parents sent a proposal to the palace, although they had no idea about their daughter's relationship with Dipendra until then. Sources say Their Majesties brushed the proposal aside, saying they were in no hurry to get Dipendra married.

Garima Rana, Supriya Shah and Devyani Rana were the three women short-listed for Dipendra. Although he loved Devyani, and Garima was in the news for her educational achievements, the palace thought Supriya was the ideal match for the crown prince. Shree Rajya Laxmi Rana, Dipendra's maternal grandmother, was given the task of selecting the right girl. Sources say that she once contacted Devyani's mother. Devyani's mother had no idea of her daughter's relationship and mentioned casually to Shree Rajya Laxmi that Devyani had grown up accustomed to extreme comfort and wealth, and that she was the grand daughter of Vijaya Raje Scindia of the house of Gwalior, known for its wealth. She further said that Nepali royalty was relatively very poor and she had to think seriously about whether her daughter could survive if she married into a poor house.

Devyani's mother unwittingly called the House of Shah poor, and this shut the doors on her daughter getting married to Dipendra. The palace thought Devyani was too ambitious. Our sources also say that Devyani has over Rs 50 million in different banks in the city, while Dipendra had to get by on his Rs 2.4 million government allowance. Although the palace ruled out marriage with Devyani, Dipendra could not get her off his mind and there was not a single day he was in the city that he did not meet her. Apparently, Dipendra's ADCs used to pick Devyani up everyday. They never knocked on the main door of Bijay Bas, but used the side door. They'd drive up to this door and then ring Devyani on her mobile phone. Devyani would come out and go to meet the prince.

Dipendra later told Devyani that his family was against their marriage, and she is said to have told him that she was willing to marry someone else, but Dipendra did not want to hear anything of this sort. While Devyani and Dipendra were madly in love, proposals for Devyani were coming from all over-the House of Jodhpur, the House of Bhagalpur and the House of Jaipur. In fact, the heir to the House of Baroda parked himself at Hotel Yak and Yeti and wanted to meet Devyani. The couple was passing through a very difficult time, and Devyani asked Dipendra to finally make a decision. Sources say that Dipendra went to Bijay Bas with a bottle of poison and told Devyani that if she did not marry him, he would commit suicide. After this incident Devyani's parents apparently told the heir of Baroda that they were very sorry, but their daughter could not marry him.

Dipendra could not imagine life without Devyani. Last year when he was training to be a parajumper, the day of his first jump, he rang Devyani and told her that he would only do it if she made breakfast for him. She did, and met him at the airport with his breakfast. He ate and went for his jump, while Devyani went to the banks of the Manahara river where he was supposed to land. He drove her home and then went home himself. This was only one of many such occasions.

The pair used to buy each other very luxurious presents when they went abroad. The expensive Omega watch Dipendra wore was a gift from Devyani. The camera that he used was also from Devyani. She recently bought him a ?1,000 T-shirt in London. Dipendra also gave her a lot of presents.

Since both were madly in love, it was becoming very difficult for them to be apart from each other. The palace could not understand this. No one besides Garima, who is related to Devyani, could understand this and she very politely removed herself from this situation and got married. Supriya also later realised this and slowly moved out of the picture.

The palace never changed its position. Dipendra also stood his ground. Dipendra was blinded by his love for Devyani.

Devyani Rana fled to India immediately after the royal massacre to escape media attention.
(On Picture : 22 February 2007, Rana married Kunwar Aishwarya Singh of Singrauli, the son of Brijendra Pal Singh and Veena Singh a royal from the erstwhile state of Singrauli and the grandson of Former Indian Human Resources Minister Late Arjun Singh, a royal from the erstwhile state of Churhat.)

Location Narayanhity Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal 

Date:19th Jestha 2058

Around 21:00 

Target
The Nepali Royal Family
King Birendra of Nepal

Attack type
mass murder,massacre

Weapon(s)
Colt M16A2 rifle
H&K MP5K 9mm submachine gun
Franchi SPAS-12
shotgun Glock 19 9mm pistol

Deaths 10
Wounded 8

Victims of the massacre
King Birendra
Queen Aishwarya
Prince (later HM King) Dipendra
Prince Nirajan
Princess Shruti
(Prince) Dhirendra, King Birendra's brother who had renounced his title
Princess Jayanti, King Birendra's cousin
Princess Shanti, King Birendra's sister
Princess Sharada, King Birendra's sister
Kumar Khadga, Princess Sharada's husband

Wounded
Paras, Prince Gyanendra's son
Himani, Prince Gyanendra's daughter-in-law
Prerana, Prince Gyanendra's Daughter
Princess Shova, King Birendra's sister
Gorakh Shamsher, Princess Shruti's husband
Princess Komal, Prince Gyanendra's wife and former Queen
(Princess) Ketaki Chester, King Birendra's cousin who had renounced her title.

The M16 rifle, officially designated Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16, is the United States military select-fire adaptation of the AR-15 rifle. The rifle was adapted for semi-automatic, and full-automatic fire,also used by gunman on 1 july 2001 in royal massacre.

 A former senior military officer at Nepal's royal palace, who drew flak for the massacre of King Birendra and nine others in 2001, is now rattling new skeletons with his memoir. Gen Bibek Shah, who rose from being the aide de camp of the king to becoming military secretary in theNarayanhity royal palace in Kathmandu, has opened a can of worms with his book, Maile dekheko darbar (The court as I saw it).

The 599-page book, the author says, is based on his diary and observations, especially during the nearly four years that he served as military secretary, first to King Birendra and then, to his successor, King Gyanendra.

Shah says King Birendra, though a constitutional king, wanted to modernise the army and was seeking to buy "ultra modern" firearms.

The king, who was also the supreme commander of the army, had reached an agreement with German gun manufacturer Heckler and Koch to procure their G36 assault rifles.

Plans had also been made to assemble the weapons in Nepal and sell them in South Asia.

But Shah says the plan was anathema to India, since the bigger neighbour did not want Nepal to possess better arms and was pressuring it to buy its indigenous Insas group of firearms that were inferior in quality.

"I think the arms politics could be one of the major reasons behind the palace massacre," Shah says.

The other reason, he writes, could be the issue of granting citizenship to residents of the Terai plains, many of whom are of Indian origin.

Parliament was ready to confer citizenship on the community and had forwarded the bill to the king for his seal of approval.

However, King Birendra, instead of passing the bill, sent it to the Supreme Court for consideration and the apex court nixed it.

"Had the king put his seal of approval, within a few years Nepalis could have become a minority in Nepal," the former aide writes.

"After the bill was scrapped, a few senior Indian government officials expressed concern to the king."

Shah says that he was given a top secret file by the king, outlining Operation Eagle, a plan to resolve the growing Maoist insurgency.

Apparently, King Birendra was planning to seize power, start talks with the underground Maoists, concede some of their demands and bring them back to mainstream politics.

For that, he had been sending his younger brother, Prince Dhirendra, and a senior army official as his emissaries to talk with the Maoist leadership.

"At a time such a serious plan was being developed to resolve the crisis gripping the state, the palace massacre occurred mysteriously," he writes.

"My analysis and conclusion is that internal as well as foreign forces were involved."

Though Shah asserted during a televised interview that the actual killings were done by Birendra's son Dipendra, he says the crown prince, already smarting under his mother's tight rein, was incited by foreign forces.

While the government formed a commission to investigate the actual shooting June 1, 2001, it did not go beyond that to investigate the motive or the abettors.

As a democracy, India wanted monarchy in Nepal to end and so joined forces with Nepal's Maoist guerrillas, who also wanted the abolition of the crown.

Shah says given the meetings held between Nepal's political party leaders and the Maoists in India, it was inconceivable that the Indian intelligence agencies did not know about them.

Besides supporting these meets, he says India actively trained Nepal's Maoist guerrillas.

He claims the cat was let out of the bag when an armed police force team went to Chakrata in India's Uttarakhand state to receive arms training from the Indian authorities and learned that an earlier group, apparently Maoists, had also been trained there.

When he tried to investigate, Shah claims he was told by then King Gyanendra to resign under Indian pressure.

Heckler & Koch MP5 is a 9mm submachine gun of German design, used by gunman in royal massacre.

The Franchi SPAS-12 is a combat shotgun manufactured by Italian firearms company Franchi used by gunman in royal massacre.