Incident Reports

Woman attacked with sickle for not bringing motorbike in dowry

2019-05-12

Province 1, Sunsari, Koshi, Ward 7

24-year-old Rabindra Kumar Yadav of Haripur-7, Sunsari attacked his 20-year-old, wife Rukmani Yadav with a sickle for not bringing an adequate dowry.

Rabindra had demanded a motorbike during their wedding and he often tortured her physically to pressure her to demand motorbike from her parents. 

Rukmani sustained serious injuries in different parts of her body after being attacked with sickle by her husband. Her parents lodged a complaint against Rabindra at Haripur police post 5 days after the incident demanding severe action against him.


Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Weapons Sharp weapon
Primary Cause Related to disputes over dowry
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Family/relative
Actor 1 - Youth youth
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Family/relative
Actor 2 - Youth youth
Total Injured 1
Female Injured 1
Youth Injured 1
Local Newspaper - Morang

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