Consequences of the militarized conflict and the cost of violence in Nepal

Three days after the gruesome assassination of the Inspector General of the Armed Police Force, Krishna Mohan Shrestha, the Government and the Maoists separately announced the 'cease-fire' for the second time on January 29, 2003. Till that day, the violent domestic upheaval had claimed nearly 8,000 lives. Of these, perhaps 80 percent of the casualties were civilians rather than armed combatants.