Various media sources reported the 10 March 2010 incident in which a Nepal Army patrol of Jwala Dal Battalion, Thakurdwara, deployed in Bardiya National Park shot dead two women, Devisara B.K. and Amrita B.K., and a child, Chandrakala B.K., residents of Ward No. 2, Kapsera Village, Hariharpur VDC, Surkhet district, in Banspani, Bardiya National Park at around 8:30 p.m. Given the seriousness of the incident, the NHRC has pursued a complaint suo moto, and a team from NHRC’s regional office in Nepalgunj investigated the case from 12 to 19 March 2010. During the investigation the NHRC team inspected the incident site and spoke to Bardiya National Park personnel, those attached to patrol units, the commanding officer of Jwala Dal Battalion, Thakurdwara, high-ranking officials, eyewitnesses, victims’ family members, locals of Hariharpur, Surkhet and doctors of the Bardiya district hospital. The NHRC team also verified the information gathered from police personnel who examined the incident site and the victims’ bodies, civil society representatives and others concerned with the incident. The NHRC employed forensic experts sent from the TU-affiliated Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu to conduct an additional post-mortem of the victims’ bodies. The investigation team studied post-mortem report prepared by doctors of the Bardiya district hospital, additional post-mortem report prepared by the forensic experts and the police report on the incident site and the victims’ bodies.
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Progress Report
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Keywords:
FORENSIC EXPERT, POSTMORTEM, VAGINAL SWABS, SAFETY AND SECURITY, CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVE, FACTS AND EVIDENCES, NEPAL ARMY, SELF-DEFENCE, JUSTICE MECHANISM, SUFFERER, VICTIMS, BULLET, POACHERS, DEAD BODIES, SHACK, INCIDENT SITE, BATTALION, DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, BARDIYA NATIONAL PARK
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Thematic Group:
UNDP
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Social and Institutional Developoment
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14.02.02
- Human Rights
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