Incident Reports

Lawmaker’s house vandalised in Birgunj

2015-09-20

Protesters demonstrating against the promulgation of Nepal’s Constitution on Sunday vandalised the house of CPN-UML lawmaker Raj Kumar Gupta in Birgunj of Parsa. Gupta’s house in Ranighat, Birgunj Sub-Metropolitan City-14 of the district was vandalised by an angry mob of protesters at around 4 pm today. As the Nepal’s Constitution 2072 is being promulgated from the Constituent Assembly after 5 pm today, cadres of Tarai-centric parties have intensified protesters in Birgunj. Earlier, one protester was killed in the town as police opened fire this afternoon.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Vandalism
Weapons None
Primary Cause Contestation over Constitution and federal restructuring
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Madhes-based Parties
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) UML and affiliated org
Actor 2 - Youth na
Total damaged Buildings 1
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