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Krishna Adhikari
On 6 June 2004, Krishna Prasad Adhikari, a resident of Fujel village of Gorkha District, was murdered in Chitwan District by Maoist cadres. Krishna Prasad was visiting his grandparents after having taken the SLC examinations, and he was abducted from Bakullahar Chowk by men who came on a motorcycle ... Maina Sunuwar
Around 6 am on February 17, 2004, a group of RNA soldiers arrested Ms
Maina Sunuwar, a 15-year-old schoolgirl of Kharelthok VDC-6, Kavre
district. She disappeared since her arrest. Her family members, with
support from villagers and school where Maina was a student, visited
detention centers ... Sanjeev Kumar Karna
Sanjeev Kumar Karna was one among the 11 persons arrested on October 8, 2003. On that fateful day, they had gone to attend a picnic program organized by the students at a place called Kariyachauri VDC-4, and from picnic, they went to Kataiya Chowri Area of Dhanusha district where they ate some food ... Arjun Bahadur Lama
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Torture Survivor Provided Full Compensation and Departmental action against Perpetrator/s
02 January 2015: On 01 February 2015, the District Court, Banke gave a ground breaking verdict in a cased filed under Compensation Relating to Torture Act, 2053. In the torture case filed by Jhup Bahadur Bista, a resident of Kanchanpur VDC-7, Banke district, the District Court ordered NPR 1,00,000/- (One hundred thousand) compensation to the survivor and departmental action against the perpetrator/s. With the support of AF, Mr. Bista had filed case on 24 July 2013 against an Assistant Police Inspector, one Head constable and one Constable from Gavarpur Police Station, Agaiya, Banke district.
According to the victim, on 16 July 2013, he stepped on the leg of a plain clothes policeman while dancing in a festival. Later that evening, he was beaten by 3, 4 plainclothes policemen in a local hotel and arrested on charge of threatening to police. After arrest, he was taken to Gavarpur Police Station, Agaiya, Banke district where his left leg was handcuffed with his right hand and tortured for whole night in different positions by using different objectives.
Due to torture his front teeth was broken and bled for few days. Similarly, he complained of pain in both ears for several days. Till now, he complains of pain in his left ear. Due to torture his left eye was reddened & swelled. There were dark scars on his thighs & scratches on his back.
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