A joint investigation launched by rights organisations into the death of juvenile undertrial Kamal Basnet, 18, and the escape of other juvenile delinquents and undertrials from a child correction home at Sanothimi, Bhaktapur has blamed the child correction centre administration for the incident.
The National Human Rights Commission has begun investigating the August 21 incident at the Juvenile Correction Centre in Sano Thimi, Bhaktapur, where 221 minor inmates had escaped the correction centre following the death of their fellow inmate.
After dillydallying for a fortnight, the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) recorded the statements of former prime ministers Madhav Kumar Nepal and Baburam Bhattarai on Monday as ordered by the Supreme Court.
As many as 221 minor inmates were able to successfully escape a well-secured Juvenile Correction Centre at Sano Thimi in Bhaktapur today following a violent clash between police and inmates during a protest against the death of a fellow inmate yesterday.