Incident Reports

Man charged with assaulting woman accusing her of being witch walks away scot free

2015-08-20

Bagmati, Kabhrepalanchok, Bethanchowk

A woman who was subjected to continuous physical and mental torture for allegedly practising witchcraft has been forced to settle her case against the accused tormenter outside the court by the political parties in Kavre district. Machhinmaya Thing who came to District Police Office at Dhulikhel from Danda VDC-7 walking a long distance of 65 Kilometers to lodge a complaint against Bhim Bahadur Thing for allegedly assaulting and torturing her physically and mentally has felt deprived of justice after the police denied registering her complaint facing pressure political parties who were protecting Bhim Bahadur Thing. Police released Bhim Bahadur on Thursday after he claimed that all accusations against him were false. DSP Raj Kumar KC of District Police Office Kavre, however, denied not registering the victim's complaint. He said that if the accusations were true police would take necessary action against Thing. Machhinmaya is seeking help from concerned organizations in her fight for justice. 
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Banishment/shunning
Secondary Form Torture
Weapons None
Primary Cause Extra-judicial response on basis of witchcraft allegations
Secondary Cause Extra-judicial response on basis of witchcraft allegations
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) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth na
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