KATHMANDU -- Bhimlal Adhikari was not around when almost 40 men showed up at his family home wearing masks and motorcycle helmets on the night of Sept. 9.

Candles are lit in front of Federal Parliament House in Kathmandu on Sept. 17 in memory of protesters killed the previous week: Officially, 76 people were killed and 2,429 injured amid violence by security forces and angry mobs. © AP
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