Incident Reports

Woman beaten on the charge of being so-called witch

2017-12-23

Madhes, Rautahat, Rajpur, Ward 3

A woman has sustained serious injury after being beaten by her neighbours in Rautahat. Jaitun Nesal of Rajpur municipality-3 Baluwa was severely beaten by her neighbours Mairun Nesa and Sekh Mohib's daughters on Saturday alleging Jaitun of being a witch. She is undergoing treatment at district hospital in Gaur. According to a doctor involved in Jaitun's treatment, she has sustained bluemarks on her body and serious injury on her head due to the beating. According to the victim's husband Sekh Raiddin, Nesal's daughter-in-law and Mohib's daughter had been ill for some time. Upon being told by so-called witchdoctor Sekh Majaru that they had fallen ill due Jaitun's black magic, they resorted to attack on Jaitun. He also accused them of trying to feed his wife human faeces. They ran away after others in the village intervened. Raiddin is preparing to lodge a complaint against the attackers of his wife at District Police Office in Gaur. राजपुर नगरपालिका–३ बलुवाकी जैतुन नेसालाई बोक्सीको आरोपमा छिमेकी मैरुन नेसा र शेख मोहिवका छोरीहरूले शनिबार कुटपिट गर्दा गम्भीर घाइते भएकाले जिल्ला अस्पताल गौरमा उपचार भइरहेको छ । उपचारमा संलग्न चिकित्सक रवीन्द्र झाका अनुसार बोक्सीको अरोप लगाउँदै उनका छिमेकीले लौराले प्रहार गर्दा उनको पिँठ्युभरी नीलडाम र टाउकामा गम्भीर चोट लागेको छ । घाइतेका श्रीमान् शेख रइद्दिनले छिमेकी नेसाकी बुहारी र मोहिवकी छोरी केही समयदेखि बिरामी रहँदै आएको र उनीहरूलाई गाउँकै झाँक्री बताउने शेख मजारुले जैतुनले जादुटुना गरी भूतप्रेत लगाएको बताएपछि उनीहरुले आफ्नी श्रीमतीलाई निर्घात कुटपिट गरेको बताए । उनका अनुसार कुटपिटपछि उनीहरु आफ्नी श्रीमतीलाई मलमूत्रसमेत खुवाउन खोज्दा गाउँका अन्य व्यक्ति आएपछि भागेका थिए । श्रीमतीलाई कुटपिट गर्नेविरुद्ध जिल्ला प्रहरी कार्यालय गौरमा निवेदन दिने तयारी भइरहेको रइद्दिनले जानकारी दिए । प्रहरी उपरीक्षक यज्ञविनोद पोखरेलले पीडित पक्ष अहिलेसम्म उजुरी दिन नआए पनि सञ्चारमाध्यममा आएको समाचारका आधारमा पीडकलाई पक्राउ गरी घटनाबारे अनुसन्धान गरिने बताए ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Weapons Blunt weapon , Blunt weapon
Primary Cause Extra-judicial response on basis of witchcraft allegations
Actor 1 - Number of people 2
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals , Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Injured 1
Female Injured 1
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Rautahat , Local Newspaper - Parsa , Local Newspaper - Dhanusha

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