At a time when the Nepal police is getting criticism from all walks of life for misconduct of police personnel Nepal police has said that it is fully aware and committed to ensure human rights in the country.

“Nepal police has responded to all the queries so far made by the Nepal-based United Nations Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) on reported cases of disappearance and other abuse of human rights,” said Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Keshav Baral speaking at a press conference in the Capital on Friday.

“We responded to all 1371 queries of OHCHR,” he said, adding, “The police was sensitive to prevent the cases of disappearance and other human right abuses.”

The police responded to 135 out of 861 queries made by the NHRC and the remaining numbers of cases are under our investigation, he added.

He said that the headquarter had punished 109 police personnel including a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) and 6 Police Inspector in the year of 2062/63 for abusing human rights.

“Some persons with criminal mentality might have entered into Nepal Police,” he said. “But, we are committed to punish those police personnel who committed crimes as per the law and media should also persuade to do the same,” he added.

He informed that 1,462 police personnel were killed during a decade long conflict of the country.