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.
KATHMANDU, Aug 20: An investigation has been started against 12 people, including some police officers, in the murder case of two prisoners inside Sankhuwasabha prison. The police and the other prisoners were involved in the murder of the prisoner.
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.
Sankhuwasabha, Aug 14: Police sub inspector Laxmi Chaudhary has been apprehended over the deaths of two inmates in the prison office, Sankhuwasabha last week.