Incident Reports

1 arrested for sexual harassment from a bus in Kageshwari Manahara

2017-08-11

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Kageshwori Manahora, Ward 5

A person has been arrested for allegedly harassing a women in a bus at Hariyali Basti in Kageshwari Manahara Municipality-5 in Kathmandu on Friday, police said. The arrestee has been identified as a 28-year-old Dorje Sherpa currently residing in the Municipality. Sherpa was arrested from the bus (Ba 2 Kha 8823), plying in the Ratnapark-Sankhu route, when he allegedly harrassed a women travelling in the same bus, informed police. Meanwhile, further investigation into the case is underway, police. Metropolitan Police Office, in association with community service centres and transport entrepreneurs, had launched a sting operation to discourage sexual harassment on public transport from August 2. The operation has been named ‘Safety Pin Campaign’. कागेश्वरी मनहरा नगरपालिका–५ हरियाली बस्तीमा रत्नपार्कबाट साँखु चल्ने बा.२ ख ८८२३ नम्बरको बसमा यात्रा गर्ने एक महिलालाई दुव्र्यवहार गर्ने सोही नगरपालिका–५ थली बस्ने सोलु गोलीका २८ वर्षीय दोर्जे शेर्पालाई शुक्रबार प्रहरीले पक्राउ गरेको छ । यस सम्बन्धमा प्रहरीबाट आवश्यक अनुसन्धान भइरहेको छ ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Rape
Weapons None
Primary Cause Rape/sexual assault
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
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
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