Incident Reports

Complaint lodged against the accused for allegation of witchcraft in Dailekh

2016-11-07

Karnali, Dailekh, Mahabu, Ward 6

A 73 years old victim Pushpa Sunar of Raniban VDC-1 has lodged a complaint against Bhakta Bahadur Sunar,62 of the same place at the District Police Office on November 7 on the charges of inhumane behavior and alleging her of being the witch. The victim complained that she was behaved inhumanely by the accused and alleged her of being witch on the morning of November 1. The victim said that she had lodged a complaint at District Police Office demanding the action against the accused however DSP Kedar Rajaure tried to make an agreement between the party at Gaidabaz Police Post. The victim was not happy with this decision by the police however DSP Rajaure said that he directed the police unit of Gaidabaz for the discussion because it is under their area. 
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 Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth noyouth
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth noyouth
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