Incident Reports
Saptari men held for calling woman ‘witch’
2016-09-18
Two persons, who were on the run after accusing a woman of being a witch, were nabbed on Sunday.
A joint team of the Saptari District Police and the District Court arrested Pramod Mandal (40) and Paramananda Mandal (45) of Hanumanagar-9 in the district.
According to the Court, the duo was booked for the same and have been sentenced to serve six-month and nine-month jail terms respectively.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
| Primary Form | Other violent form |
| Weapons | None |
| Primary Cause | Extra-judicial response on basis of witchcraft allegations |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 2 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Citizen/Individuals |
| Actor 1 - Youth | noyouth |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Citizen/Individuals |
| Actor 2 - Youth | unknown |
Jana Bidroha
National/Online Media
http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/two-who-called-woman-witch-arrested-from-saptari/
http://www.ratopati.com/news/80073/
http://inseconline.org/en/news/accused-on-alleging-of-being-witch-arrested/
http://inseconline.org/np/news/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B-%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE/
Gograha
National/Online Media
http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/two-who-called-woman-witch-arrested-from-saptari/
http://www.ratopati.com/news/80073/
http://inseconline.org/en/news/accused-on-alleging-of-being-witch-arrested/
http://inseconline.org/np/news/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B-%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE/
Gograha
National/Online Media
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