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The Weight of Time
By
Rejina Basnet
Project statement
What does freedom and justice look like when they arrive too late? Hands that were once subjected to unimaginable torture, now tending gardens. Eyes that house both grief and hope.
Khul Bahadur Kunwar, a former policeman, was wrongfully arrested almost 40 years ago and spent one year in custody where he suffered brutal torture. Teeth broken by handcuffs, skin smeared with honey to attract ants, and nails pierced with pins. Convicted the following year, he served six years in prison before his release in 1994. After 24 years the court finally declared Khul Bahadur Kunwar innocent.
The complexities lie not only in investigative biases, flawed forensic resources, and other procedural inefficiencies, but also in economic divides and entrenched caste hierarchies - where injustice runs deep.
Now 64, Khul Bahadur has received only his withheld salary – not a rupee in compensation for torture, lost years, or legal costs. Still, the family bears the stigma of his wrongful convictions.
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