Nepalese Supreme Court Judge Rana Bahadur Bam shot dead in Kathmandu

A Nepalese Supreme Court judge Rana Bahadur Bam was shot dead in the capital, Kathmandu on 31 May 2012. The judge was facing probe for his alleged involvement in corruption. Bam, 64, died in hospital, while his bodyguard sustained serious injuries.

Bam was accused of accepting bribes from criminals in exchange of awarding them lighter sentences. The Nepal’s assembly had also been hearing the case for the judge's impeachment.

The shocking incident occured just a few days after Nepal's Constituent Assembly was disbanded after it failed to deliver a new constitution. The country is currently being governed by a caretaker government as the president Rambaran Yadav had removed the Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai from his position, as the constituent assembly had repeatedly failed to deliver the constitution of the country.