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unresolved, and the substantiated allegations that they were all killed in custody have not
been investigated by the authorities. 41
43. Tul Bahadur Nepali
On January 11, 2002 (Poush 27, 2058), twenty-two-year-old Tul Bahadur Nepali, who
operated a small medical supplies shop in Gorkha District Headquarters, went to the
CDO’s office to try to obtain a passport because he intended to seek employment in
Malaysia. Nepali never returned from his appointment at the CDO’s office.
When an uncle went to find out what had happened to Nepali, he himself was arrested
and detained for six months. Another detainee released in January-February, 2002 (Magh
2058), told the family that he had been detained with Nepali at a detention facility in
Gorkha district headquarters, but this is the only information the family has been able to
obtain about Nepali’s fate. The family informed various human rights organizations in
Gorkha and Kathmandu, but has received no other news about Nepali. 42
44. Sanjaya Dhakal
45. Kumar Dhakal
On February 23, 1999 (Falgun 11, 2055), police officers
from Choprak police station in Gorkha detained
eighteen-year-old Kumar Dhakal and eighteen-year-old
Sanjaya Dhakal, classmates at Gorkha University. The
two men were detained from Choprak VDC while they
were walking home after visiting Kumar Dhakal’s sister
and having lunch at her house.
The villagers and a police officer who knew Kumar
Dhakal’s family informed them that the two men were
kept at least twenty-three days at the Choprak police
station, where they were forced to do menial work such
as collecting firewood and reinforcing the police post. On at least one occasion, the two
men were walked through the village with their hands bound.
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Human Rights Watch interview with INSEC activist, Gorkha, September 20, 2001.
42
Human Rights Watch interview with a relative of Tul Bahadur Nepali, Gorkha, September 20, 2001.
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