Incident Reports

one killed as neighbors fight over watermill in Bajhang

2021-11-27

Sudurpashchim, Bajhang, Jaya Prithivi, Ward 7

One person died as neighbours in Jwada, Jayaprithvi municipality-7 of the Bajhang district in Sudurpaschim had a fight over a local watermill, inform police. The District Police Office has identified the victim as Piru Bhandari, who according to the investigators was under the influence of alcohol during the fight on Saturday.

After Bhandari went to the mill drunk, Dipendra Thapa, the owner of the mill, had beaten him up, igniting the fight. Seriously injured in the incident, Bhandari was taken to a hospital where he died during treatment. Police have arrested Thapa for further investigation whereas the victim’s body has been taken to the District Hospital for postmortem. Further investigation is underway.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Fight
Weapons None
Primary Cause Other non-economic personal issues (revenge, passion etc.)
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Killed 1
Youth Killed n/a
Total Injured 7
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