Fifteen people including seven police personnel accused of their involvement in the deaths of two inmates in the District Prison, Sankhuwasabha, have been remanded in custody for further investigations into the case.
A home ministry probe team formed under the Director of Department of Prison Kamal Prasad Pandey found that eight police personnel and inmates at Sankhuwasabha prison beat two inmates — Binod Tolangi, 19, of Khandbari, Sankhuwasabha, and Akash Balami aka Bikash Shrestha, 28, of Nuwakot to death on August 9.