Ganga Maya ends year-long fast

KATHMANDU, OCT 19 - Ganga Maya Adhikari, who had been surviving on intravenous nutrients for 355 days, ended her hunger strike on Saturday.
She was given a drink by Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Narahari Acharya after the government promised to book the murderers of her son. Eighteen-year-old Krishna Prasad was allegedly murdered after abduction by rebel Maoists from his home in Fujel of Gorkha in 2004. She, however, will not be taking solid food until her demand for justice is met.
Her husband Nanda Prasad, 54, succumbed to hunger on September 22 in Bir Hospital, where the fasting couple had been receiving care besides nutrition doses. His body remains unclaimed at the morgue in Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj. The Adhikaris began their hunger strike on October 25 last year, demanding investigation into the murder of their son.