Incident Reports

Raped girl loses battle for life

2015-08-02

Madhes, Siraha, Lahan

Amrita Kumari Sahani, 14, of Lahan Municipality-1 has died in Kathmandu 96 days after she was brutally raped. Sahani breathed last at Bir Hospital on August 2 where she was admitted for treatment of injuries she sustained when she was raped on April 25, local rights activist Renu Karna said. Area Police Office Lahan’s DSP Uma Prasad Chaturvedi informed that the accused Binod Basnet, 35, of Dhangadhi VDC-2 had fed her toilet cleaner Harpik after raping her. She was taken to Kathmandu on April 26 on the referral from BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan. The girl’s mother, Meena Sahani filed an FIR on April 26 with the support of rights activists including INSEC DR. He was arrested on July 16. DSP Chaturvedi said that a case of homicide will be filed against him on June 28. DSP Chaturvedi said that the girl used to work at Rakesh Hotel, Lahan. Basnet, also a worker at the hotel, had raped the girl when the people, traumatized by the devastating earthquake, were busy with themselves. The hotelier exerted pressure on the victim’s family asking them not to file any police complaint and provided some treatment to the girl and paid them some amount of money. The incident became public after the girl did not recover. Women Development Office, Siraha and human rights organizations including Human Rights Network Siraha had collected the money for her treatment. DSP Chaturvedi said that they could not forward a case of rape as the complaint was filed after the statutory limitation of 35 days. The accused is currently in the custody of Area Police Office, Lahan. 
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Sexual Assault
Weapons None
Primary Cause Rape/sexual assault
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth noyouth
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth youth
Total Raped 1
Female Raped 1
Youth Raped 1
INSEC

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