Kailali, Aug 10: Situation is returning to normalcy gradually in the Kailali Prison, thanks to the efforts from the government agencies, security bodies and other stakeholders.
A large number of police personnel have been deployed on Sunday to maintain law and order to normalize the situation arising from a clash between inmates in Kailali Prison in Dhangadhi, the District Administration Office, Kailali, shared.
Member Secretary of a probe committee and Administrative Officer of District Administration Office, Shivaraj Joshi, said that the situation is being normal gradually and needed security provisions have been ensured. The District Administration Office on Saturday formed a probe committee under the leadership of the Assistant Chief District Officer, Kiran Joshi, giving the committee a term of 10 days.
On Sunday, the officials and police team took stock of the situation of inmates there and confirmed the total number with the facilitation of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) officials. A team of the NHRC had made a field visit to the Kailali Prison on Saturday to inquire about the incident taken place in the prison. Officials including the Chief of the NHRC Sudurpaschim Province Office, Prakash Dutta Bhatta, visited the prison.
The NHRC Province Office is expected to submit a report to its Central Office about the reason behind the incident. During the visit to the prison, Bhatta said that the local administration should pay attention towards further management of the prison.
Bhatta stated that there are some complaints about the shift of the inmates without prior notice to their families, and an overcrowded jail, management of machines for examining the technical appliances in the jail, and a call for sufficient human resources are the other concerns in the prison.
An inmate, Bharat Chaudhary from Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City-4, died on Saturday during his treatment following a clash between prisoners in the jail on Friday night. It is said that 44 prisoners were injured in the incident. The clash erupted between inmates residing in Block ‘A’ and Block ‘B’ of the jail. Currently, there are altogether 680 inmates in Kailali Prison despite its capacity to house just 100.
So far, the family and relatives of the deceased man have denied accepting the dead body of Chaudhary. They have demanded that the culprits be booked after a fair investigation of the incident.
