Incident Reports

Sadbhav: Son and daughter in law kills mother

2016-08-06

Karnali, Jajarkot, Barekot

A couple in Sakla-1 VDC Jajarkot killed their mother. Buddhi Bahadur Khatri and wife Sarmila Khatri killed their 65-year-old mother Deumi Khatri with an axe over land dispute in the family. Buddhi Bahadur killed his mother on the night of August 6 and had filed a missing complaint at the police on August 7. After few days, the locals became suspicious and searched Khatri's house. Finding Deumi's cloths in Khatri's house made them more suspicious. Buddhi Bahadur confessed committing the crime after locals threatened him to take out information from him by using witchdoctor. The Khatri spouse had buried Demui's body in the nearby kitchen garden. Jajarkot district court sentenced them to life imprisonment on November 28. 
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Weapons Sharp weapon
Primary Cause Access/control of private land
Actor 1 - Number of people 2
Actor 1 - Affiliations Family/relative
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Family/relative
Actor 2 - Youth noyouth
Total Killed 1
Female Killed 1
Local Newspaper - Banke

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