Himal Press 
KATHMANDU: Chaudhary Group (CG), one of the leading business conglomerates in the country, has described recent attacks on its properties and personnel on Monday and Tuesday as “the most painful days in the company’s history”.
In an open message to the CG family, the group’s Managing Director, Nirvana Chaudhary, said what began as a movement of young people demanding accountability and change—a cause that carried good intent—was infiltrated and twisted by hooligans and external forces. “What should have been a peaceful call for a better Nepal was instead turned into violence, looting and destruction,” he said.
Chaudhary said the attacks targeted not only physical assets but also the company’s decades of hard work, sacrifice and commitment. “Our chairperson was personally targeted, our family homes were attacked and burnt, our factories and offices damaged and our showrooms looted. Decades of work, sacrifice, and commitment—reduced to flames in a matter of hours,” he said. “It was not just an attack on property, but an attack on hope, on trust and on the very idea of building something meaningful for our nation.”
Despite the chaos, Chaudhary praised the courage and dedication of CG’s leaders, managers and employees, who, he said, risked their safety to protect assets and ensure that customers were served. “Even as fire raged, our people did not give up,” he said.
He lauded employees for standing firm in the face of destruction. “You are the reason that, in spite of devastation, our customers were not abandoned. You are the reason that hope remains alive. And when the time is right, we will come together to recognize and celebrate your service, your sacrifice and your strength,” he added.
Chaudhary also said that although they were wounded after the damage and trauma, they are not broken. “Those miscreants may burn our buildings, but they cannot burn our dreams. They may loot our showrooms, but they cannot loot our values. They may attempt to weaken us, but they cannot break the unity of our family,” Chaudhary said in the message.
Chaudhary also said the group would rise again stronger than before. “We will rebuild. We will recover. And we will rise stronger than ever before. Out of this tragedy will come renewal—new strength, new ideas, new systems and an even deeper commitment to the people of Nepal,” he said. “History will not remember the flames that consumed us. History will remember how we came out of them—stronger, prouder and more united than ever.”
