Kathmandu, May 21 -- For a month, Binda Maya BK has spent her days on the pavement at Maitighar Mandala in the Capital, demanding answers about the death of her 23-year-old son inside police custody in Sindhuli.

In the morgue at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj lies the body of Shree Krishna BK, which his family has refused to collect until authorities complete an impartial investigation.

"I will not receive my son's body until there is justice," said a protesting Binda Maya. "My husband died years ago. Now the son who earned for the family is also gone. Who will support me now?"

Shree Krishna was found hanging inside a toilet at the Area Police Office in Khurkot on April 20 after being detained over allegation...