Incident Reports

Journalist from Bara detained for abusing police

2020-07-29

Madhes, Parsa, Birgunj

The District Police Office, Parsa, arrested journalist Umesh Duve, a resident of Phulwariya in Feta village of Bara for manhandling a police officer.

A team of the Crime Branch of the District Police Office, Parsa arrested Duve on July 29 in front of My TV office in Birgunj. He is affiliated with TV Today, My TV, Jangunaso Daily, Economic National Daily and New Sandesh Daily. Duve is accused of having a dispute with the on-duty police at Power House Chowk in Birgunj in front of Parsa Police Chief Superintendent of Police Ganga Pant and Deputy Superintendent of Police Manojit Kunwar.

On Wednesday, journalist Duve posted two statuses on the social network Facebook targeting police chief SP Pant. The team of Crime Branch of Parsa Police took him under control. However, the police have claimed that they arrested the accused after abusing the on-duty police in front of a high-ranking police officer. 

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Threat/intimidation
Primary Cause Issues related to freedom of expression and civil rights
Secondary Cause Freedom of Expression
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Journalist/Media
Actor 1 - Youth noyouth
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Police
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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