Activist Majid Ansari Vows Legal Battle Against Police Brutality

Kathmandu. Climate activist Majid Ansari has said he will fight a legal battle against the barbaric repression and beating by the Nepal Police when he went to help manage flood-affected landless people at the Kirtipur holding center. 

Issuing a statement after being discharged from the hospital, Ansari said he was illegally detained and subjected to extreme physical and mental torture.

According to Ansari, while serving flood victims in Kirtipur, police surrounded and beat him and his friends on the 'order of an unelected person'. He mentioned that he was seriously injured when 10-12 police officers beat him indiscriminately in a place where cameras could not see.

Ansari, who was taken to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital via Kirtipur Hospital for treatment, claimed that he was subjected to injustice under the direct supervision of the Home Ministry and the police. 'They even tried not to write the word police beating in my medical history,' he said, 'Police in plain clothes came inside the cabin and threatened to file a case of indecent behavior if I didn't sign the bail.'

Ansari said that he was kept under police surveillance for about 3-4 days, subjected to mental pressure, and deprived of his right to receive treatment freely.

Ansari, who is currently on 'bed rest' at home after being discharged from the hospital and on the advice of doctors, has clarified that he will fight a legal battle against the planned siege and torture once his health returns to normal.