Incident Reports

CK Raut arrested from program venue

2015-04-04

Province 1, Jhapa, Barhadashi

Police have arrested CK Raut, who is allegedly waging a campaign for secession, has been arrested at Rajgadh on April 4. Raut, who is facing a charge of sedition, was arrested around 3 pm from the venue where he was due to make an address. Police had deployed a large number of police in the area to foil the program from Friday. Following the police deployment, the organizers informed that the program had been cancelled however Raut arrived there in the afternoon. Some of the Raut’s supporters were injured in a scuffle with the police as the supporters tried to stop the arrest. District Police Office, Jhapa stated that Raut was in the police custody and investigation was going on. A
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Arrest (politically significant)
Primary Cause Contestation over Constitution and federal restructuring
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Police
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Madhes-based Parties
Actor 2 - Youth na
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