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Japanese Court Orders Compensation for Police Restraint Death

11/22/2025

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A Japanese court ordered the Tokyo metropolitan government to pay 39 million yen to the family of Arjun Bahadur Singh, a Nepalese man who died after police restrained him in 2017.
Singh was arrested on suspicion of credit card fraud and restrained for about two hours.
The court found police used unreasonable force and delayed his medical transfer.
It awarded 1 million yen to his dependents, citing Nepal's compensation laws.

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Story summary

A Japanese court ordered the Tokyo metropolitan government to pay 39 million yen to the family of Arjun Bahadur Singh, a Nepalese man who died after police restrained him in 2017.
Singh was arrested on suspicion of credit card fraud and restrained for about two hours.
The court found police used unreasonable force and delayed his medical transfer.
It awarded 1 million yen to his dependents, citing Nepal's compensation laws.