Jhapa,balikalaai choriko aropma praharidwara yatna. A 13-year-old girl, Sunita Soren of Prithvinagar VDC-9 is learnt to have been tortured by the police on charge of stealing gold. The girl’s mother, Tukli urged civil society members and journalists on January 17 to take steps to ensure justice to her and her daughter saying that even she was detained by police for five days on the same charge. She added that her daughter had been detained and tortured by Niroj Chudal of Birtamod in Anarmani VDC-3 a month ago. A fourth grader at Himali Higher Secondary School, Sunita was staying at Chudal’s house as domestic help for the past year. She told civil society members and journalists that her employer beat her up accusing her of theft and the police deputed at Area Police Office pricked her nails with pins. Commenting on the issue, APO Birtamod’s DSP Bhuwaneshwar Tiwari claimed that there was no torture against the girl and her mother and that they were released from detention after investigation into the case of gold theft. He also claimed that the incident had been exaggerated. Arjun Basnet See INSEC Human Rights Year Book 2014 p. 214f. पृथ्