Relatives of 19-year-old Roshan BK who died in prison on September 11, staged a protest in Dhangadhi on September 13 claiming that BK died as a result of police beating. BK was resident of Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City Ward 5. He was arrested on September 7 on the charge of stealing a mobile phone and he has been in custody since then.

Roshan was found hanging from the ventilation outlet in the bathroom. The witnesses to the incident are 14 other detainees, who were in the same detention center.

The family of the deceased allege that the police had tortured him while in the custody while the police claim the incident as a suicide. The family and Dalit activists are staging demonstrations with a demand for justice for the death in police custody.