Incident Reports

Police post attacked in Southern Rupandehi

2017-02-19

Lumbini, Rupandehi, Kotahimai

Tension has flared in the southern parts of Rupandehi district as locals attacked the police post at Badbaliya village. According to District Police Office Rupandehi, around two hundred people came to the police post and start throwing stones. The office claimed that police fired some rounds in the air and fired some shells of tear-gas to control the situation. The office informed that four policemen and one local from Badbaliya sustained injuries during the clash while the crowed snatched and took away some weapons. The police have recovered some while the search for the weapon is still on. Police on Saturday had clashed with cadres of CK Raut, who is in judicial custody for his separatist activities. On Saturday, Police had arrested 24 individuals from their protest program organized demanding Raut's release. रुपन्देहीको दक्षिणी मर्चवारको क्षेत्रको तनावग्रस्त बनेको छ । स्थानियहरुले प्रहरी चौकी वडवलियामा ढुगांमुढा प्रहार गरेपछि स्थिति तनावग्रस्त बनेको प्रहरीले जनाएको छ । स्थितिलाई नियन्त्रणमा लिन ५ राउन्ड हवाई फायर र ५ राउन्ड आश्रु ग्यास प्रहार गरेको लुम्बिनी अञ्चल प्रहरी प्रमुख एसएसपी दिपक थापाले जानकारी दिए । झडपको क्रममा प्रहरीको साथमा रहेको एउटा हतियार लुटिएको उनले बताए । ‘झडपको क्रममा प्रहरीको एउटा लङ ब्यारेल गन -हतियार) लुटिएको छ’ एसएसपी थापाले भने, ‘हतियारको खोजी भइरहेको छ ।’ शनिबार मर्चवार क्षेत्रको मझगावामा सिके राउत कार्यकर्ता र प्रहरीबिच झडप भएको थियो । यो घटनालाई नै झडप भएको भएका र यसमा सिके राउतका कार्यकर्ता संलग्न हुन सक्ने प्रहरीको आशंका छ । स्थिति नियन्त्रणमा लिन डीएसपीको कमाण्ड थप टोली मर्चवार क्षेत्रमा पठाइएको छ । झडपमा ३ जना प्रहरी पनि घाइते भएका छन् । स्थानीयका अनुसार असुरैना ७ का कतारु नामक व्यक्ति समेत घाइते भएका छन् ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Twosided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Group Clash
Weapons Blunt weapon
Primary Cause Other political issues
Actor 1 - Number of people 30
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 20
Actor 2 - Affiliation Police
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Injured 5
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Dhanusha , Local Newspaper - Saptari

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