Incident Reports

Nepali Congress cadre arrested on the charge of torching vehicle used for electoral campaigns by mayoral candidate of Rashtriya Prajatantra Party in Morang

2022-05-06

Province 1, Morang, Belbari, Ward 2

Police arrested 28-year-old Suvash Pandey, a local cadre of Nepali Congress on May 6, on the charge of torching a vehicle used for electoral campaigns by Khem Prasad Gautam, a mayoral candidate from the Rashtriya Prajatantra Party in Belabari municipality-2 of Morang. According to the CCTV footage, the accused set fire on the vehicle around 2 AM in the morning on May 6. The vehicle bearing plate number Ba 12 Cha 9384 was parked in the courtyard of the house of the victim. 

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Arson
Weapons None
Primary Cause Election-related incident
Secondary Cause Contestation between Parties
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Nepali Congress and affiliated org
Actor 1 - Youth noyouth
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) RPP
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Totally damaged Vehicles 1
Severely damaged Vehicles 1
National/Online Media

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