Incident Reports
Bomb blast at Upper Karnali Hydropower Project office
2019-06-07
Sudurpashchim, Achham, Turmakhad, Ward 3
An unidentified group detonated a pressure cooker bomb at the contact office of Upper Karnali Hydropower Project on Friday night. The office is situated four kilometers west of the project site at Turmakhand Rural Municipality-3 in Achham district, informed DSP Janak Bahadur Shahi.
The project had set up its contact office in a rented house of Deepak BC, a local of Turmakhand rural municipality. The explosion has caused major damage to the house. A motorcycle parked nearby was also destroyed in the explosion, according to DSP Janak Shahi, chief of the District Police Office, Achham. The Pulsar motorcycle bearing plate number Bhe 7 Pa 9697 has been completely damaged in the blast. Police suspect the IED was placed by Chand-led group.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Collective |
| Primary Form | Remote violence |
| Weapons | Improvised explosive device (IED) |
| Primary Cause | Other political issues |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | N |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | CPN (Chand) and affiliated org |
| Actor 1 - Youth | na |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | N |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Private company |
| Actor 2 - Youth | na |
| Totally damaged Vehicles | 1 |
| Severely damaged Vehicles | 1 |
