Incident Reports

Incident of misbehaviour on journalist condemned

2016-11-21

Madhes, Siraha, Lahan

Journalist Mithilesh Yadav,38, of Lahan Municipality-4, representative of Nagarik daily was misbehaved on the evening of November 22. The victim Yadav said that he was misbehaved by the operator Manoj Kumar Shah and Dr. Dilip Kumar including the staff of Dhananjaya Yadav, 35 of Lilamadan Polyclinic and maternity Pvt Ltd. He was misbehaved while collecting the news regarding the high price charged to one of the patients of Itatar VDC. He accused Dhananjaya of vandalizing his mobile while gathering information with operator Manoj. However, Dr. Dilip denied the allegation of misbehavior. Police were sent to the site after getting the information according to DSP Raj Kumar KC of Lahan. Meanwhile, FNJ Siraha released a press statement on November 22 and condemned the incident and demanded the proper investigation of the incident and action against the accused.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Weapons None
Primary Cause Issues related to the quality of public services (health, education etc.)and access to these services
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Private company
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Journalist/Media
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Injured 1
National/Online Media , INSEC

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