Sanjiv Kumar Karna

Student Sanjiv Kumar Karna was picnicking with a group of friends on 8 October 2003 in Janakpur, Dhanusha District,Nepal, when he and between six to 10 friends were reportedly beaten and arrested by a group of 25-30 army and police personnel. While being transported to police detention at the regional police office in Janakpur, Sanjiv Kumar Karna and hisf riends were again severely beaten before being interrogated. Between two to six were subsequently released, but Sanjiv and four friends - Durgesh Kumar Labh, Pramod Narayan Mandal, Shailendra Yadav and Jitendra Jha - have not been heard from since. At the time the police denied arresting the men.