Protesters had gathered beginning on 28 December 2012 outside the prime minister’s official residence in Baluwatar from 9:00 -11:00 am daily.
[2] The protesters created a coherent set of demands, divided into short- and long-term goals, which they presented to then prime minister Baburam Bhattarai.
[3] The short-term demands called on the state, including the police and the judiciary, to properly investigate and prosecute the guilty in five specific cases which took place immediately prior to the movement’s start.
On 21 November, 19-year-old Rai from the eastern Bhojpur district was returning to Nepal on a fake passport – under the name Bimala KC – after having worked as a domestic maid in Saudi Arabia for four years.
The Home Ministry did constitute an investigative committee, but it operated completely opaquely and its final report was not made public.
A loose group of young citizens who had expressed concern on social media began to organize.
On 10 April 2013, the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA)filed corruption charges against the four officials directly involved in the Sita Rai case.