Incident Reports

Children and women tortured in Jail

2019-03-03

Two women and two girls have complained of torture by police in the female custody cell of the district police office to the INSEC district representative. The victims made this complaint during supervision in the jail by INSEC representative. Showing injuries in the foot and ankle, the victims said that they were beaten by stick by the police at night.

Police allegedly tortured 17-year-old Manisha Shrestha of Dharapani-5, Bhojpur, 16-year-old Sushmita KC of Hatuwagadhi-9, Bhojpur, 32-year-old Kalpana Rumba of Thungwang-2, Makwanpur and 18-year-old Ramita Adhikari of Jajarkot. According to Spokesperson of District Court, the injured received treatment at Chautara Hospital on March 4, 2019 as per the court order issued by the district hospital.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Torture
Weapons Blunt weapon
Primary Cause Violence in prisons (violence by correction officers, prisoners etc.)
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Police
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 4
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) CPN (Chand) and affiliated org
Actor 2 - Youth youth
Total Injured 4
Female Injured 4
Youth Injured 3
INSEC

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