24 August 2011. Harkali Pun alias Duji has filed a torture compensation case today against the District Police Office (DPO) of Banke claiming physical and mental torture by the police during interrogation. She was allegedly charged of human trafficking across the border. (Click Harkali Pun to download the detail of the case)
Harkali Pun, 49, of Motipur, Bardiya was arrested from Jamunaha Police Station near Indo-Nepal border under the allegation of human trafficking on 12 July 2011. After her arrest she was brought to the DPO of Banke where she was indiscriminately tortured by two lady police constables under the command of Superintendent of Police (SP) Dinesh Amatya and police Inspector Harka Bahadur Rawal. The victim was tortured for almost two hours.
The victim has demanded a compensation amounting to NRs. 1 lakh under the Torture Compensation Act 1996 and immediate departmental action against the aforesaid perpetrators. Advocacy Forum (AF) has been providing legal assistance to the victim.
