Incident Reports

A woman filed a complaint against her sister-in-law for assaults on a pretext of witchcraft in Rolpa

2016-06-13

Lumbini, Rolpa, Rolpa, Ward 2

25-year-old Parbati Sunar of Libang Municipality-9 lodged a complaint against her 37-year-old sister-in-law Sanmali Sunar at District Police Office on June 13 for constantly assaulting her on allegations of witchcraft. The victim complained that she was physically and mentally tortured by the accused. DSP Ram Prasad Gharti of DPO said that the accused will be summoned and the incident will be investigated based on the complaint lodged.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Weapons None
Primary Cause Extra-judicial response on basis of witchcraft allegations
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Family/relative
Actor 1 - Youth noyouth
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Family/relative
Actor 2 - Youth youth
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