Kathmandu, March 30 -- 'Rolpa A', her real identity withheld to maintain privacy, was hardly 13 when security personnel came to her house in Rolpa district to take her. They accused her of being a Maoist cadre, even though she had no connection with the insurgents.

She was blindfolded, her wrists tied behind her back, and taken to the nearest Royal Nepal Army barracks. She was tortured, sexually assaulted and raped on December 6, 2001.

"I was left blindfolded for months on cold cement floors. The army men would kick, inflict electric shocks, pierce me with pins and nails and even dip [my body] in chilling water in winter. They would molest and even rape me," Rolpa A shared her horrific story with the Post. "They tortured me in every pos...