Incident Reports

Bomb explodes near polling centre in Jumla

2017-05-12

Karnali, Jumla, Sinja, Ward 2

A bomb exploded at a polling centre near Bhairab Secondary School in Sinja Village Council-2 of Jumla district on Friday night. According to DSP Guru Bishnu Kafle of the District Police Office, Jumla, security has been tightened in the area following the incident. Police said that they are searching for the miscreants involved in planting the bombs. DSP Kafle said that the security has been beefed up for the voters to cast their votes in a fearless atmosphere. Civil servants deployed in the polling stations and voters have been left panic stricken following the explosion. According to the District Administration Office, 87 polling stations in the district have been kept under the most sensitive category. The administration has adopted a high alert saying that Nepal Communist Party, which has been protesting the local level elections, could carry out activities to foil the polls. Chief District Officer Narayan Sapkota informed that more than 2,000 security personnel have been deployed in the district alone. सिंजा गाउँपालिका–२ नराकोटनजिकै शुक्रबार राति बम विस्फोट भएको छ । सिंजा गाउँपालिकाको एक मतदान केन्द्र भैरव माध्यमिक विद्यालय नजिकै राति दुई पटक बम पड्केको आवाज आएको जिल्ला प्रहरी कार्यालय जुम्लाले जनाएको छ । सिंजा गाउँपालिकामा बम विस्फोट भएसँगै सुरक्षा व्यवस्था झन् कडा गरिएको प्रहरी नायव उपरीक्षक गुरु विष्णु काफ्लेले बताए । 'कस्ले बम विस्फोट गराएको हो भन्ने केही जानकारी आएको छैन' उनले भने 'राति दुई पटक आवाज आयो । मतदाताहरुलाई भयरहित वातावरण मतदान गर्नका लागि सुरक्षा व्यवस्थामा कडाइ गर्दैछौं ।' बम विस्फोट भएपछि निर्वाचनमा खटिएका कर्मचारी र मतदाताहरु सशंकित बनेका छन् । जुम्ला जिल्ला भित्रका ८७ वटै मतदान केन्द्र अतिसंवेदनशील रहेको जिल्ला प्रशासन कार्यालयले जनाएको छ । स्थानीय तहको निर्वाचनमा एक नगरपालिका र सात वटा गाउँपालिका भित्र रहेका ८७ वटै मतदान केन्द्रमा उच्च शर्तकता अपनाइएको छ । स्थानीय चुनावलाई विरोध गर्दै आएको नेपाल कम्युनिस्ट पार्टीबाट निर्वाचन विथोलिन सक्ने भन्दै उच्च शर्तकता अपनाइएको हो । जुम्लाभित्र मात्रै दुई हजारभन्दा बढी सुरक्षाकर्मी परिचालन गरिएको प्रमुख जिल्ला अधिकारी नारयाण सापकोटाले बताए ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Remote violence
Weapons Improvised explosive device (IED)
Primary Cause Election-related incident
Actor 1 - Number of people NA
Actor 1 - Affiliations Unclear
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Other state institutions
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Saptari

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