Incident Reports
Bandh enforcers vandalize Tata Sumo in Gongabu
2021-02-04
Bandh enforcers of the Prachanda-Nepal faction vandalized a Tata Sumo in Gongabu area in the capital on early Thursday. The Tata Sumo, Na 1 Ja 8859, was vandalized by cadres of the Prachanda-Nepal faction while it was heading to Kapurdhara from Gongabu Chowk, informed SP Sushil Singh, the spokesperson of Metropolitan Police Office, Kathmandu.The windshield of the vehicle has been badly broken.
Meanwhile, police have arrested five cadres of the Prachanda-Nepal group from the Samakhusi area on the charge of forcing bandha this morning. The arrested are Milan Tamang, Samir Tamang, Ramesh Tamang, Raj Kumar Tamang and Rajendra Pandey, informed Ram Prasad Sapkota, the coordinator of the National Youth Association.
Similarly, other 35 cadres of the disgruntled have been arrested from different areas while they were engaged in halting the transport system and enforcing bandh. The disgruntled breakaway faction, which has been agitating against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR), has called a general strike today.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
| Primary Form | Vandalism |
| Weapons | Blunt weapon |
| Primary Cause | Contestation over Constitution and federal restructuring |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | N |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | NCP (Nepal Communist Party) and Affiliates |
| Actor 1 - Youth | na |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | N |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Transport entrepreneurs/syndicate |
| Actor 2 - Youth | na |
| Totally damaged Vehicles | 1 |
