Fact Check: Viral Claim That Home Minister Gave New Tempo to Kailali Victim Found to Be False

Kathmandu. A viral Facebook claim alleging that Home Minister Sudhan Gurung gifted a new tempo to the woman whose vehicle was pushed off a cliff in Kailali is false.

The claim began circulating on social media on Monday amid public outrage over the Kailali incident, in which forest personnel were accused of causing a tempo to fall from a roadside slope during an anti-encroachment operation.