2018-11-13
Police have arrested 54 years old ward secretary Tika Ram Acharya of Tilottama Municipality-4, his wife Kamala Acharya, 48 and 23 years old daughter Pratigya Acharya on November 12 on charge of misbehaving 52 years old two women alleging them of being witch.
The victim had lodged complaint at District Police Office on November 12 against the accused on charge of misbehaving her on a witchcraft allegation according to DSP Dil Bahadur Malla.
The victim was misbehaved alleging her of making Kamala and her daughter Pratigya ill with black magic spell.
Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
Primary Form | Assault (small group) |
Weapons | None |
Primary Cause | Extra-judicial response on basis of witchcraft allegations |
Actor 1 - Number of people | 3 |
Actor 1 - Affiliations | Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health) |
Actor 1 - Youth | noyouth |
Actor 2 - Number of people | 2 |
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Citizen/Individuals |
Actor 2 - Youth | noyouth |
Total Injured | 2 |
Female Injured | 2 |
THE NEPAL PEACE MONITOR ANNUAL REVIEW: 2020
October 25, 2021
Human Trafficking / LGBT+ Rights / GBV / Political / Children’s Rights / Senior Citizens’ Rights / HRD Issues / Human Rights / Interpersonal Violence / Governance / Covid-19 / Civic-Space / PwD
COCAP BIWEEKLY: INCIDENTS SURROUNDING COVID-19 January 16 - 31, 2021
February 04, 2021
GBV / Human Rights / Governance / Covid-19
COCAP BIWEEKLY: INCIDENTS SURROUNDING COVID-19 January 1 - 15, 2021
January 21, 2021
GBV / Human Rights / Governance / Covid-19