Incident Reports

Dalit woman calls NHRC after police allegedly refuses to register complaint against rape attempt

2016-08-25

Bagmati, Dhading, Gajuri, Ward 6

Sita BK, 27, a resident of Pida VDC-6 was raped by a 31-year-old local Gyan Bahadur Thapa Magar on Shrawan 18 at 9 pm. She was raped while she was sleeping along with her two children. She was beaten after she cried for help. Magar ran away after she shouted for help. Later, Gyanbahadur came along with his wife and beat Sita B.K. According to the victim, Dhading police refused to register the complaint of rape against the accused. She came to Kathmandu after her complaint was not registered by the Dhading police. She has requested the National Dalit Commission, National Human Rights Commission, and Women’s Commission to look into her case.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Rape
Secondary Form Banishment/shunning
Weapons None
Primary Cause Rape/sexual assault
Secondary Cause Related to discrimination against Dalits
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth noyouth
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Dalit
Actor 2 - Youth noyouth
Total Injured 1
Female Injured 1
National/Online Media

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