Incident Reports

Police charge baton on demonstrators in front of Indian Embassy

2017-03-10

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Kathmandu

Police charged baton on demonstrators, gathered in front of Indian Embassy in Kathmandu to protest against the Kanchanpur incident. Police charged baton and dispersed a group youths and students when they attempt to move ahead from Lainchaur to protest against Kanchanpur incident in front of the Indian Embassy. Infuriated by the death of a Nepali man in an alleged firing by India’s Seema Sashastra Bal (SSB) in Punarbas of Kanchanpur on Thursday, youths in Kathmandu gathered outside the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar and the Indian Embassy in Lazimpat on Friday to protest the incident. Youths from various walks of life and students affiliated to the All Nepal National Free Student Union (ANNFSU) staged demonstrations this afternoon to pile pressure on the government not to remain mum on the incident. Youths carrying various banners and placards writing ‘put wall across the border, I am willing to contribute my labour’, ‘we are not against India, but against Indian intervention in Nepal’, ‘Baluwatar does not know border stories’ and ‘we won’t let our motherland be sold’, staged demonstrations demanding that the government bring the guilty of Kanchanpur incident to justice pronto. The demonstration was staged after youths coordinated the event through social media and various forums and discussion groups in Facebook. Tension is gripping up at the Nepal-India border as well as in the capital following the death of Govinda Gautam in Kanchanpur border by the bullet reportedly fired by the Indian border security force, SSB on Thursday. भारतीय सीमा सुरक्षा बल (एसएसबी) को गोली लागेर कञ्चनपुरको पुनर्वास–८, आनन्दबजारनजिक सीमामामा एक नेपालीको मृत्यु भएको विरोधमा भारतीय दूतावास अगाडि प्रदर्शन भएको छ। भारतीय दूतावास लैनचौर अगाडी घटनाको विरोधमा प्रदर्शन गरेका युवा विद्यार्थीलाई प्रहरीले लाठी चार्ज गरेको छ। घटनाको विरोधमा नारावाजी गरिरहेका विद्यार्थीहरुलाई प्रहरीले लाठी चार्ज गरेर तितरवितर बनाएको छ। एमाले निकट अखिलले घटनाको विरोधमा दूतावास अगाडी प्रदर्शनको आयोजना गरेको थियो। बिहीबार पुनर्वास–८, आनन्दबजारनजिक सीमामा निर्माणाधीन कल्भर्टबारे विवाद हुँदा भारतीय प्रहरीको गोली लागेर ३० वर्षीय गोविन्द गौतमको निधन भएको थियो। भारतीय सुरक्षाकर्मीले नेपाली भूभागमा घुसेर नेपालीमाथि गोली चलाएका थिए।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Violence against civilians
Secondary Form Demonstration
Weapons Blunt weapon
Primary Cause Law and Order Violence
Secondary Cause Issues related to legal action and access to justice
Actor 1 - Number of people 12
Actor 1 - Affiliations Police
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 24
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Protesters/demonstrators
Actor 2 - Youth youth
National/Online Media

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