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Nepali man languishing in Indian prison for the past 40-years released
Durga Prasad Timsina of Ilam was serving a prison term without a formal sentence for the last four decade on a murder charge. ‘I am innocent’, he said after his release.
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Parbat Portel
Published at : March 20, 2021
Updated at : March 20, 2021 16:03
Kolkata, India
A Nepali man who had been imprisoned for the past 40 years in an Indian jail without a formal court trial was released on Saturday.
Durga Prasad Timsina (aka Dipak Jaisi), a resident of Mai Municipality in Ilam district, was released from Dum Dum Central Correctional Home, Kolkata in West Bengal state of India, following a verdict from a joint-bench of Kolkata High Court Chief judge Thottathil B Nayar Radhakrishnan and judge Anirudra Roy on Wednesday.
Timsina’s brother Prakash Chandra had reached the Dumdum prison to receive his brother.
Speaking to the media briefly after his release Timsina said, “I am innocent.”
Parbat Portel
Parbat Portel is the Jhapa correspondent for Kantipur Publications.
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