Incident Reports

Vegetable traders attack government monitoring team in Balkhu

2016-07-05

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Nagarjun

Tension gripped Balkhu of Kathmandu on Tuesday after a clash broke out between a government monitoring team and vegetable traders at the Balkhu Vegetable and Fruits Market. It has been reported that the clash flared up after the government team tried to seize weighing scales as the traders were found to be fleecing customers in various ways. One of the members of the team said that around 20 traders were found not to have their weighing scales meeting the set standards. A team from the Metropolitan Police Circle, Kalimati was called after the Metropolitan Police Range, Balkhu failed to take the situation under control. Meanwhile, Inspector Suresh Kumar Bista said that they would investigate the incident and take action against the guilty. The market chief Ram Krishna Kunwar pledged to take action against the guilty. 
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Group Clash
Weapons None
Primary Cause Issues related to commodity availability, prices, and subsidies
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Other state institutions
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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