Taking place in November 1995, it resulted in human rights abuses, the arrests of 132 people, the displacement of 6000 locals, and rape and torture on an unknown scale.

[1] In September 1995, the members of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) were planning on launching the "People's War" with their ideologies as democracy and removing feudalism.

[2] The hilly districts of Rolpa and Rukum were used for preparation for the war, and in November these campaigns came to the government's attention which sought to suppress the movement.

[2] Home minister Khum Bahadur Khadka, with the Nepali Congress-led government, created an operation code-named "Romeo"; named after the district of Rolpa.

[8] Operation Romeo led to human rights abuses, rape and torture on an unknown scale, the arrests of 132 people, and the displacement of 6,000 locals.