Inmates in police office as jail awaits repairing

Dolkha, Oct 6 -Twenty inmates in Dolakha have to be kept in two small rooms of District Police Office for the past six months as the existing jail, one of the oldest jails in Nepal, was not repaired after the Maoist attack last year.The jail was established in 1973 B.S., and was already in ruined condition. “It became completely useless after the terrorist attack in March last year and we have been keeping the inmates in congested rooms of the district police office,” said jail keeper Jaya Ram Bhandari.We had to keep 16 inmates in a single room which can hardly accommodate four persons, he said.The district police offices itself facing shortage of room, but we had to give two rooms to keep the prisoners and we have been facing difficulty due to the lack of toilets and bathrooms, said DSP Rajendra Kumar Palikhe.“We have just one toilet in the office and both the staff and the inmates have to queue for hours each morning,” he said.Chief District Officer of Dolakha said that they had informed about the situation to the concerned authority and the problem would be solved soon.