Incident Reports

THRDA: Police accused of beating minors in custody

2016-09-09

The Case of three minors(Torture) On September 9, 2016, Suraj Chaudhary (15) from Katahari Bazaar, Mahesh Sah (14) from Haatkhola, and Ajay Kumar Tajpuriya (16) were arrested in Morang on the charge of stealing phones. Their relatives have informed THRDA, that when they went to see Chaudhary, Sah and Tajpuriya they had bruises on their hands, face and other parts of the body. The boys informed their relatives that they had been beaten with black plastic sticks, kicked with boots and threatened on their life. Furthermore, the relatives described the boy’s mental condition as unstable as a result of the beating. Later, when the relatives returned to the detention center with THRDA both the relatives and THRDA was refused access to the boys. Furthermore, the court has refused to issue an order for a medical checkup of the victims.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Torture
Weapons Blunt weapon
Primary Cause Other governance issues
Actor 1 - Number of people 5
Actor 1 - Affiliations Police
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 3
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth youth
Total Injured 3
Youth Injured 3

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