Kathmandu, Nov. 21 -- The Tokyo High Court this week ordered the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to pay over JPY39 million ($250,000) in damages to the family of Nepali migrant worker Arjun Bahadur Singh who died in police custody eight years ago.

The order brings justice to the family of Singh, who was 39 when he died after being handcuffed and restrained following his arrest in Tokyo in March 2017.

With help from Japanese human rights lawyers, Singh's widow Ambika had filed a lawsuit claiming a JPY62 million compensation for her husband's death at a police station, allegedly due to mistreatment.

The Tokyo District Court had initially ordered a compensation of only JPY1 million to the family citing reciprocity for Japanese nationals in ...