Possible Torture and Extrajudicial Killing
Soldiers arrested 17-year-old Chandra Bahadur B.K. at his home, on January 8, 2003. Three days later, Radio Nepal reported that Chandra had been killed in an “encounter”. His family was allowed to recover his body from within the army base, but they were compelled to bury him almost immediately.
Developments
The family filed a writ petition on June 18, 2009. The DPO provided the same response as in Case 54 above, claiming that the case was improperly filed and asserting that the civilian court lacked jurisdiction.
On November 11, 2009, the Baglung Appellate Court issued an order of mandamus to promptly investigate into the FIR. Even after the order of the court, no effective investigation has been undertaken.
