Incident Reports

Cops beat up Dalit man 'without reason'

2018-08-14

Madhes, Rautahat, Chandrapur

Policemen at the Chandranigahapur-based Area Police Office (APO), Sarlahi, mercilessly beat up a young boy from highly underprivileged Dalit community without any apparent reason. Police on Sunday evening had arrested Bishal Nepali, 22, of Chapini, Sarlahi Harion Municipality-8, accusing him of stealing. They senselessly beat him up all over his body with pipes the whole night. The next day, police released Nepali and handed him over to his relatives stating that he is innocent.“They started beating me from Bagmati and took me to Chandarnigahapur while continuing beating me along the way,” said Nepali. “The beating continued the whole night. They blindly hit me with pipes all over my feet, thighs and legs and back.”On Monday evening, his uncle Kumar Nepali along with other relatives visited the APO and demanded answers. Police then said he is innocent and released him.Bishal works as the driver's assistant in a micro-bus. While he was awaiting passengers near the micro in Bagmati Bazaar, a woman created a scene stating that her gold had been stolen. Seeing him in ragged clothes, the woman accused him and two other men who also work in micro, as the suspects.The locals then took them under control and handed them over to the police post at Paura. Police personnel then took them to the APO while beating them up on the way.“Police showed more brutality towards me. The other two did not get much beating,” said Bishal. “They beat me so bad that I now cannot walk properly. My body is sore and weak and I have to limp. I have been called to work but my condition doesn't allow me to.”Later, investigation by the APO showed that the three are innocent. All of the micro workers have now been released.Bishal's uncle Kumar vented his ire against police. “They should not beat people up without finding out the truth. “When poor laborers like us face injustice, there's nobody to speak for us.” Despite the visible black and blue marks on Bishal's body, Deputy Superintendent of Police Shantiraj Koirala of the APO claimed that they did not beat him up. “It could be that the locals beat him up while taking him under control. They were bought here by Paurai's police. Our team did not do anything,” he said. सर्लाहीका एक दलित युवकलाई रौतहटको चन्द्रनिगाहपुरस्थित इलाका प्रहरी कार्यालयका प्रहरीले अनाहकमा निर्घात कुटपिट गरेका छन् । चोरीको आशंकामा पक्राउ गरी रातभर कुटपिट गरेपछि प्रहरीले निर्दाेष भन्दै भोलिपल्ट बिहान ती युवकलाई अभिभावकको जिम्मा लगाएको छ। सर्लाहीको हरिवन नगरपालिका–८, चापिनी निवासी २२ वर्षीय विशाल नेपालीलाई प्रहरीले यसरी पिटेको हो । इलाका प्रहरी कार्यालय चन्द्रनिगाहपुरमा आइतबार रातभर राखेर पैताला, तिघ्रा, नितम्बलगायत शरीरका विभिन्न पाइप नै पाइपले हानेको पीडित युवकले गुनासो गरेका छन् । नागरिककर्मीसँग रुँदै उनले भने, ‘बागमतीदेखि कुट्दै–कुट्दै चन्द्रनिगाहपुर पुर्याए र त्यहाँ पनि राति पाइप नै पाइपले हाने।’ सोमबार दिउँसो काका कुमार नेपालीलगायत आफन्तले बुझेर ल्याएका विशाल अहिले थलिएका छन् । ‘कम्मरभन्दा तल जताततै दुखेर हिँड्नै नसक्ने भएको छु,’ विशालले भने, ‘हाम्रै सुरक्षाका लागि भनिएको प्रहरीबाटै अनाहकमा निर्घात कुटाइ खानु पर्याे।’ घटना विवरणअनुसार आइतबार साँझ बागमती बजारमा एक महिलाको सुन चोरी भएको थियो । त्यस क्रममा एक्कासि ‘यही नै हो चोर’ भन्दै उनले खलासी काम गर्ने माइक्रो बस छेउमा यात्रु कुरेर बसिरहेका विशाललाई स्थानीय बासिन्दाले समाते र अन्धाधुन्ध कुटे । विशालका अनुसार स्थानीयले आफूसहित माइक्रोमै काम गर्ने अन्य दुई युवालाई प्रहरी चौकी पौराईमा बुझाए । त्यसपछि चौकीका प्रहरीले उनीहरूलाई कुट्दै–कुट्दै इलाका प्रहरी कार्यालय चन्द्रनिगाहपुर पुर्याए । ‘मसँगै समातिएका दुई जनालाई थोरै तर, मलाई चाहिँ मर्ने गरी कुटे,’ विशालले भने। सर्लाहीको हरिवन नगरपालिका–८, चापिनी निवासी २२ वर्षीय विशाल नेपालीलाई प्रहरीले निर्घात पिटेको हो । रातभर कुटेपछि निर्दाेष भन्दै भोलिपल्ट बिहान प्रहरीले ती युवकलाई अभिभावकको जिम्मा लगाएको छ। तर अनुसन्धानका क्रममा विशालसहित तीनै जना निर्दाेष देखिएको भन्दै इलाका प्रहरी कार्यालय चन्द्रनिगाहपुरले उनीहरूलाई सोमबार दिउँसो अभिभावकको जिम्मा लगाएको हो । विशालका काका कुमार नेपालीले बुझ्दै नबुझी प्रहरीले चोर भन्दै निर्घात कुट्दा भतिजो थला परेको गुनासो गरे । ‘आज बिहानै माइक्रो साहुले फोन गरेर काममा आइज भने पनि जानै सकेको छैन,’मंगलबार नागरिकसँग उनले भने, ‘मजदुरी गरेर खाने हामीजस्ता माथि परेको अन्यायविरुद्ध कसले बोलिदेला ?’ इलाका प्रहरी कार्यालय चन्द्रनिगाहपुरका प्रहरी नायब उपरीक्षक शान्तिराज कोइरालाले भने प्रहरीले उनलाई त्यसरी नकुटेको दाबी गरेका छन् । ‘समात्ने क्रममै स्थानीयले कुटपिट गरे होलान्, पौराईको टोलीले पक्राउ गरेर यहाँ बुझाएको हो, हाम्रो टोलीले केही गरेको छैन,’ कोइरालाले भने, ‘अनुसन्धानका क्रममा निर्दोष देखिएपछि छोडिदिएका छौं।’
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Weapons None
Primary Cause Law and Order Violence
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Police
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth youth
Total Injured 1
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Rautahat

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