2021-06-24
Province 1, Dhankuta, Pakhribas
The office of Pakhribas Municipality in Dhankuta has been vandalized while the Municipal assembly of the municipality was still going on Thursday. Municipality chairperson Birkha Bahadur Rai said that the municipality office was vandalized by ward-4 chairperson Sovit Niraula and Nepali Congress local leaders Prem Bhandari. Window panes, 55 chairs, and flower vases were broken in the vandalism informed chairperson Rai. Ward chairperson Niraula, Bhandari, Jitendra Mampang of Janata Samajwadi Party, and Balaram Khadka of CPN Maoist had resorted to vandalism demanding the postponement of the municipal assembly.
Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
Primary Form | Vandalism |
Weapons | Blunt weapon |
Primary Cause | Contestation between rival political parties outside elections |
Secondary Cause | Other governance issues |
Actor 1 - Number of people | 10 |
Actor 1 - Affiliations | Nepali Congress and affiliated org , Janata Samajbadi Party |
Actor 1 - Youth | unknown |
Actor 2 - Number of people | N |
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health) |
Actor 2 - Youth | na |
Total damaged Buildings | 1 |