Incident Reports

Janakpur Today: Relatives and Locals protest against Ankit Gupta's murderers

2018-07-25

Madhes, Bara, Jitpur Simara

Various organizations, civil society members, local representatives and family members of 9-year-old Ankit Gupta, who was kidnapped and murdered two months ago staged a protest rally and an hour long road block in Jitpur demanding action against the perpetrators of the gruesome crime. Ankit was abducted around two months ago was found dead after the family members paid a ransom amount of rupees 6.4 million to the kidnappers. The Deputy-Mayor of Jitpur-Simara Sub-metropolitan Saraswati Chaudhary, Ward chairperson Rambabu Gupta and Exucetive member Shova Karki demanded severe action against the culprits as soon as possible. २ महिना अगाडी अपहरणमा गरेर हत्या गरिएका अंकित गुप्ताका हत्यारालाई कारबाहीको माग गर्दै पिडित परिवार र विभिन्न संस्थाले जितपुर बजारमा चक्काजाम र र्यालीसहित प्रदर्शन गरेका छन् । जितपुर नगर उधोग बाणिज्य संघले आह्वान गरेको बन्दका क्रममा पिडित परिवार र स्थानीयले प्रदर्शन र चक्काजाम गरेका हुन् । हजारौंको संख्यामा सहभागी प्रदर्शनकारीहरुले जितपुर बजार परिक्रमा गरि करिब एक घण्टा चक्काजाम गरेका थिए । जितपुर सिमरा उपमहानगरपालिकाका उपमेयर सरस्वती चौधरी, जितपुरका वडाध्यक्ष रामबाबु गुप्त र कार्यपालिका सदस्य शोवा कार्कीले घटनाप्रति खेद ब्यक्त गर्दै हत्यारालाई कारवाहीको माग गरे ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Demonstration
Secondary Form Road block
Primary Cause Issues related to legal action and access to justice
Actor 1 - Number of people 100
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 2 - Youth na
Local Newspaper - Dhanusha , Local Newspaper - Parsa

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