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Plaint against 'police excesses' - Himalayan Times

2011-11-03

HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: Nepal Student Union (NSU) today moved the National Human Rights Commission demanding action against SP Rajendra Man Shrestha, Metropolitan Police Range, Hanumandhoka. Around 23 members of the Nepali Congress-affiliated union, including the union’s Vice-presidents Nain Singh Mahar and Rishi Kesh Jung Shah demanded that SP Shrestha be suspended for assaulting NSU cadres while they were having dinner after playing Deusi Bhailo near Maitidevi in Kathmandu on October 27. Security personnel had snatched their mobile phones, golden ring, purse and other valuables during the incident, the union said in a statement. It also demanded action against four other police personnel, including Inspector Hari Bahadur Basnet of Ward Police Office Maharajgunj. Union members said security personnel had tortured them in police custody on SP Shrestha’s orders. The students have sustained injuries, the statement said, demanding due compensation. NHRC has pledged to investigate the case by summoning the security personnel concerned.

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