Incident Reports

Indefinite curfew in Saptari district HQs, adjoining areas

2017-03-07

Madhes, Saptari, Rajbiraj

The District Administration Office has clamped an indefinite curfew in the district headquarters Rajbiraj and adjoining areas from 2:30 pm today. The prohibitory order was issued as the cadres and supporters of United Democratic Madhesi Front turned violent during an indefinite general shutdown that they called in the district to protest fatal shooting by police in Maleth VDC yesterday. The UDMF has imposed a two-day banda in other districts in the Tarai-Madhes region. The UDMF claimed four protesters were killed in police action yesterday, while the government has verified three deaths only. The curfew will be imposed in the region from Khando River in the east, Jamuni Mills in the west, Radhakrishna Temple in the north and Mahendra Bindeshawari Campus in the south, according DSP Dan Bahadur Karki at the District Police Office. Meanwhile, the UDMF hurled petrol bombs at the Rastriya Banijya Bank in Gajendra Chok of Rajbiraj. Earlier they attacked offices of Local Peace Committee, District Forests Office and Rajbiraj Municipality and a vehicle of National Human Rights Commission. प्रहरीको गोली लागेर तीन कार्यकर्ताको मृत्यु भएपछि मधेश बन्दको आहृवान गरेको मधेसी मोर्चाको आन्दोलन उग्र बन्दै जाँदा सप्तरी प्रशासनले सदरमुकाम राजविजबिराजमा कर्फ्यु आदेश जारी गरेको छ । अर्को आदेश नभएसम्मका लागि जिल्ला प्रशासन कार्यालय सप्तरीले राजविराज र त्यस आसपासका आन्दोलन प्रभावित क्षेत्रमा कर्फ्यु लगाएको हो । आक्रोशित मोर्चाका कार्यकर्ताहरुले सरकारी कार्यालय तोडफोड र आगजानी तीव्र बनाएपछि परिस्थितिलाई नियन्त्रणमा लिन कर्फ्यु आदेश जारी गरिएको जिल्ला प्रशासन कार्यालय सप्तरीका प्रशासकीय अधिकृत जनक कोइरालाले जानकारी दिए । कोइरालाका अनुसार हिजोबाट सुरु भएको तनाव आज दिउँसो झनै जटील बन्दै गएपछि कर्फ्यु आदेश जारी गर्नुपरेको हो ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Curfew/prohibitory order issues by the state
Primary Cause Other governance issues
Secondary Cause Election-related incident
Actor 1 - Number of people NA
Actor 1 - Affiliations Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people 100
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Group of civilians (only Target)
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
National/Online Media , INSEC , Local Newspaper - Saptari , Local Newspaper - Dhanusha

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