Incident Reports

Woman burned to death in Surkhet

2016-01-31

Karnali, Surkhet, Lekbeshi

Police arrested a woman in connection with the death of 43-year-old Ganga Thapa, a resident of Bheriganga municipality. Ganga Thapa went to her parent's house to meet her brother, but she was later found seriously injured with ninety percent of her body parts burnt. She later died while undergoing treatment at Palpa Mission hospital on January 31. Police arrested Lalita Kalung, a resident of Kalyan in relation to the murder. Although Ward Police Office also arrested Govinda Thapa, Dil Bahadur Kalung, and Ramesh Bika, they were released after police could not find adequate evidence against them. Lalita also confessed that she committed the crime alone. The reason why Ganga was burnt to death has not yet been known. 
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Murder/attempted Murder
Weapons Fire
Primary Cause Unclear
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth noyouth
Total Killed 1
Female Killed 1
National/Online Media

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