Incident Reports

Woman abused in witchcraft allegation in Lamjung

2020-08-02

Gandaki, Lamjung, Marsyangdi, Ward 8

District Police Office Lamjung arrested four persons on August 2 for abusing and alleging 27-year-old Bishnumaya Tamang of Marsyangdi Rural Municipality-8 of practising witchcraft.

Witch-doctor Ram Prasad Gurung of Syangja Bhirkot-9, 65-year-old father-in-law Gore Bahadur Tamang, 62-year-old mother-in-law Kaurimaya Tamang accused the woman of performing voodoo on her sister-in-law Aash Kumari Tamang August 1. The accused were arrested after the victim filed a complaint, said Ganga Bahadur Thapa, the DSP of  District Police Office Lamjung. 


Dal Bahadur Majakoti


Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Public humiliation
Primary Cause Extra-judicial response on basis of witchcraft allegations
Actor 1 - Number of people 4
Actor 1 - Affiliations Family/relative
Actor 1 - Youth noyouth
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Family/relative
Actor 2 - Youth noyouth
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