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Secret tape shows police brutality in Nepal [ Friday, April 21, 2006 06:43:27 pmIANS ]
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KATHMANDU: Instances of brutality unleashed by police in Nepal to suppress the popular uprising against King Gyanendra have been caught on camera by an unidentified person. The tape is a powerful documentation of the indomitable courage by the people in the face of ruthless suppression by police on Thursday when a teenager was reportedly kicked and beaten to death during the course of the protest here. King Gyanendra government's enforced an unprecedented 24-hour curfew in the Kathmandu valley on Thursday in a bid to suppress anti-king stir and private media organisations were refused curfew passes to cover the demonstrations. However, someone armed with a video camera on Thursday recorded scenes, shot from a rooftop, of riot police baton lashing and kicking unarmed protesters even after they were arrested. The tape showed policemen in riot gear charging a protester in a yellow shirt even when he was being hauled into a police van, kicking him. In some instances, policemen, however, tried to shield the detainees from the fury of their colleagues. An image showed a policeman guarding a youth while another policeman tried to wave away with his baton a third cop who intended to kick him. The tape was handed over to Nepal's popular private television channel Kantipur that has been recording instances of brutality against unarmed civilians, including women and children. Besides the tape, human rights organisations as well as opposition parties are compiling a list of security personnel who ordered and encouraged their subordinates to use excessive force on demonstrators. The parties have vowed the guilty would be punished when democracy is restored. Opposition leader Girija Prasad Koirala has said a commission would be formed to try the ministers ordering the brutal suppression. While condemning the complicity of the entire royalist cabinet, demonstrators are especially demanding stern action against Home Minister Kamal Thapa and Information and Communications Minister Shrish Shumsher Rana. The opposition parties say the king, who heads the cabinet directly as its chairman, is also accountable. |
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