Incident Reports

Police arrests two women on the charge of slapping woman with hot spatula saying she had witch in her

2019-09-05

Province 1, Jhapa, Kankai, Ward 2

Police arrested 40-year-old Kumari Budhathoki and 31-year-old Dinesh Darji of Kankai municipality-2 on the charge of slapping a 22-year-old woman from the same place with a hot spatula saying she had witch in her, informed Area Police Office Anarmani.

DSP Mohan Thapa of APO Anarmani said, " The victim was suffering from fever. The two women tortured her saying they would cure her. It appears they also tortured her over a grudge."

Darji had slapped the victim on her face and hand with hot spatula on September 5 at 10:45 pm at night. Thapa said, police arrested both women after the victim lodged a complaint against them.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Weapons Other
Primary Cause Extra-judicial response on basis of witchcraft allegations
Actor 1 - Number of people 2
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth noyouth
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth youth
Total Injured 1
Female Injured 1
Youth Injured 1
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Jhapa , Local Newspaper - Parsa , Local Newspaper - Morang

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