An incident has come to light that an Armed Police Force (APF) inspector brutally beat up on-duty constables deployed at the Mechinagar border point in Jhapa. A team of three persons including Inspector Navaprabhat Rai in civvies beat up five constables in uniforms with bamboo sticks. Senior Constable Pasang Tamang, Constables Ganesh Bahadur Tamang, Ram Bahadur Karki, Assistant Constables Shanta Bahadur Rai and Umesh Rajbansi deployed at the Armed Police Force Border Out in Nakulbanda were beaten up black and blue by the team of Inspector Rai.

Tamang and Rajbansi sustained injuries on their back while Karki and Rai on their right hands.

The injured are undergoing treatment at the Ambda Mechi Hospital in Dhulabari. Tension ran high in Nakalbanda area of Mechinagar Municipality-5 for around five hours on Tuesday night after Inspector Rai, Constables Ram Sundar Tamang and Jeevan Bastola in plain clothes beat on-duty constables black and blue. Following the incident, enraged locals staged a demonstration demanding stringent action against all the three persons including Inspector Rai. It has been learnt that the locals also vandalized a vehicle (BAB 3246). After the situation turned ugly, a team of Armed Police Force led by SP Dev Raj Aryal immediately reached the incident site. In addition to that, around 100 Armed Police Force personnel were deployed to take the situation under control. Meanwhile, a probe committee has been formed to investigate the incident.