A 46-year old man from Nepal has been arrested by London’s Metropolitan Police, over allegations of torture, committed in 2005 during the war in Nepal.
He was held on Thursday in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex and is currently detained in a police station in neighbouring Sussex.
The BBC reported that the man is thought to be linked to the former government and was arrested due to a complaint made in the UK.
Section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 allows prosecution of human rights abuses, even if they are unconnected to the UK, under “Universal Jurisdiction”.
In the UK, the Met is responsible for investigations into war crimes and human rights abuses.
The Met’s Counter Terrorism Command leads investigation into these types of offences and employs nine detectives who specialise in war crimes, reported the BBC.
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