Court Sending Adults to Juvenile Correctional Home Caused Overcrowding Issues in Bhaktapur
It has been reported that even those whom the police present to the court as over 18 years old are sent to the juvenile correctional home. As a result, many youths over 18 are accommodated in the Bhaktapur Children Correctional Home. As per the report, 46% of people over the…
Child Correctional Home in Bhaktapur Housing 115 Adults
The Child Correctional Home in Madhyapur Thimi Municipality-2 currently holds 119 adults over the age of 18, including 96 males and 19 females. It has been found that adults are in juvenile reform homes due to various reasons, such as delays in case disposal, disputes over age, and unclear legal…
Accused Arrested for Statutory Rape
Police arrested 38-year-old Nabraj Shrestha of Sindhuli Golanjor Rural Municipality-5 currently living at Changunarayan Municipality-8 Sudal, on the charge of raping a 15-year-old girl on 16 July . Aggrevied party filed a complaint at District Police Range Bhaktapur on 16 July alleging that the accused raped the victim on 14…
Inspection of Juvenile Correctional Center Led by INSEC Central Office
A team led by the Informal Sector (INSEC) has conducted an inspection on August 22 at the Juvenile Correctional Center located in Ward 2 of Madhyapur Thimi Municipality, Sano Thimi. Investigation Team members were Krishna Gautam and Bimal Paudel from INSEC Central Office, Samjha Shrestha from the Human Rights Convention…
221 Children Vandalize and ‘Escape’ Correctional Home
On August 21, a significant incident occurred where 221 children "escaped" from the Children's Correctional Home located in Madhyapur Thimi Municipality-2, Sano Thimi, after vandalizing the facility. This incident took place due to several issues related to the management and care of the children inside the correctional home. The trigger…
Protest against Alleged Death Due to Hospital Irresponsibility
The family of the deceased protested on April 26, 2023, saying that their loved ones died due to the negligence of Khwap Hospital, run by Bhaktapur municipality. Jujuprasad Prajapati, the son of the deceased, said Asha Kumar Prajapati, 88, of Bhaktapur Municipality-10, Chaimasingh, was admitted to Khwap Hospital for treatment…
Corona Infection On Rise, Hospitals Unprepared
Cases of coronavirus infection are rampant in these past few weeks. The number of corona-infected patients is increasing daily in Bhaktapur. Chief of District Health Office Bhaktapur, Krishna Mizar, said that the Ministry of Health and Population of the Government of Nepal has given a notice to hospitals in the…
Children Three Times The Capacity of Child Reform Home
Sanothimi Child Reform Home in Bhaktapur is holding three times more children than its capacity, causing various problems for the children living there. One of the mothers of the children living at the home complained regarding the inconveniences the children face due to excessive children in the home The children were…
Accused of Sexual Abuse Arrested
Raj Lamichane, 24, of Changunarayan Municipality-7, has been arrested by the police on 22 February in the charge of sexually abusing a 22-year-old woman with intellectual disability. As per the SP of Bhaktapur Police Circle Prajit KC, the victim was rescued from the bathroom of a guest house run by…
Accused of Rape Arrested
Mohammad Arif Sheikh, 29, a resident of Sarlahi Haripur Municipality-6, was arrested on December 19, 2022 by the Metropolitan Police Station, Thimi on the charge of raping a 15-year-old girl in Suryavinayak Municipality-4 Modern Chowk on the night of December 18, 2022. Sheikh living in Suryavinayak Municipality-4 Modern Chowk lured the girl…
