Incident Reports

Biplav cadres, police exchange fires in Surkhet

2020-01-01

Karnali, Surkhet, Panchpuri, Ward 8

SURKHET: Cadres of the Netra Bikram Chand-led faction and police exchanged fire at Cheneri Taal in Surkhet today.

Biplav cadres targeted a team of police personnel while carrying out a search operation to nab the faction’s local leader Bajra Bahadur Shahi.

According to police, Biplav’s cadres fired three rounds targeting the police personnel. Meanwhile, police fired two rounds in retaliation.

No human casualties were reported so far. The Biplav cadres fled the scene following the incident.

Meanwhile, police have intensified a search operation after the incident.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Twosided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Group Clash
Weapons Small arms
Primary Cause Other political issues
Actor 1 - Number of people 10
Actor 1 - Affiliations CPN (Chand) and affiliated org
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 2
Actor 2 - Affiliation Police
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Rupandehi

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