Incident Reports

Chaudandigadhi municipality padlocked over alleged audio leak of mayor's personal secretary asking for bribe

2023-04-16

Province 1, Udayapur, Chaudandigadhi

Locals padlocked the Chaudandigadhi municipality in Udayapur on April 16, after an alleged audio in which Dev Prakash Rai the personal secretary of mayor can be heard asking for bribe went public. According to the eyewitness, the locals who were also affiliated with CPN-(Maoist Center), Nepali Congress, and Janata Samajbadi Party(JaSaPa) were involved in the padlocking and demonstration. The locals were agitated after the accused demanded a 1.5 lakh bribe from the applicant for the Anami admission opened by the Municipal Health Branch. 

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Gherau/Dharna (sit-in)/padlocking
Primary Cause Issues related to corruption (other than tenders)
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Nepali Congress and affiliated org , CPN (Maoist Center) and affiliated org , Janata Samajbadi Party
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 2 - Youth na
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