10 July 2011. The District Court of Dhanusha has today issued an order to award torture survivor Raj Kumar Mahaseth a compensation amounting to NRs 25,000/- However, the Court has refrained from issuing departmental action as the perpetrator was not identified.
Raj Kumar Mahaseth, a human rights activist and Dhanusha coordinator of Advocacy Forum (AF) was beaten by Armed Police Force (APF) on 26 Jan 2008 while he was monitoring mass rally organized by the then seven political party parties in Janakpur.
A single bench decision of Justice Ram Krishna Khanal ordered the government to provide the aforesaid amount to the victim as per Torture Compensation Act (TCA). The victim had filed a case under TCA -1996 on 29 Feb 2008. AF-Nepal has welcomed the decision of the District Court of Dhaunsha.
