KATHMANDU: The Martyrs’ Week has begun today in memory of the martyrs who laid down their lives for the establishment of democracy in the country.

Martyrs’ Week is celebrated every year in coordination with the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC). Deputy Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Sunita Dangol, office-bearers of Kathmandu Metropolitan City and locals paid floral tributes to Shukraraj Shastri at his statue at Teku on the first day of martyrs’ week today.

Shukraraj Shastri, who was born in Vanaras in 1950 BS, was active in the awareness campaign against the Rana oligarchy through religious activities.

He was arrested from Indrachowk of Kathmandu and kept in jail. The Rana government had hung at Teku Pachli in 1997 BS Magh 10.

The then Kathmandu Nagar Panchayat had preserved the place where the commemorative programme was held today by placing an inscription in 2035.