Surkhet, June 27: Jailbirds in the Surkhet Police Office have been bearing excessive torture, a study report said.

According to a study conducted by Advocacy Forum, among 173 inmates, 26 per cent were reported to sustain excessive torture during the custody within the past one year. During the study, the Forum had directly contacted the jailbirds.

Similarly, the Forum had revealed that the police were found not abided by the law while nabbing the offender. Of the inmates, only three were arrested along with the warrant letter, said Krishna Bahadur Hamal, Legal Officer of the Forum.

There is a legal provision that the arrestee should be present before the concerned body within 24 hours of arrest for the case study, but the police were found violating this provision as only 38.8 percent were presented before the concerned, Hamal added.

The report further said the arrestees were being compelled to give false statement and ink it due to the police coercion. Most of the inmates (90 per cent) said that they were being the victims of police coercion.

Nanda Bhandari, Legal Officer and Advocate of the Forum said the cases of impunity and violation of human rights have been increasing due to the tradition of violating rules.

Similarly, in this regard, District Judge Parashwar Dhungana stressed that anyone who violates the law should get punishment as per the law.