SC orders schoolboy’s release

December 18, 2002
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The Supreme Court Tuesday instructed the concerned security bodies to release Diwakar Adhikari, a sixteen-year-old boy who has been held for over 13 months on charges of being affiliated with the Maoist rebels.

A joint bench represented by Chief Justice Kedar Nath Upadhyaya and justice Govinda Bahadur Shrestha instructed the government to release Adhikari after concluding that the trail did not prove the nine-grader guilty of any terrorist affiliation.

The army arrested the nine-grader from Thansing Secondary School in Manamaiju, which is close to Balaju in the capital. The security forces recovered an ID from Adhikari, which showed his affiliation with the All Nepal National Free Students’ Union (ANNFSU).

Adhikari however said that he was forced to accept the card from his school principal who also gave away ten thousand rupees in the form of donation to the Maoist student body.

He said that the security personnel tortured him in custody even when he told them the truth. “I always fancied joining the army after completing my studies but my impression about the job has changed altogether,” Adhikari told the media.

He said that he looked forward to give continuity to his studies after his release.