Incident Reports

Police arrest Kulman's supporters

2017-01-03

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Kathmandu

A clash occurred between the supporters of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Managing Director, Kulman Ghising and police at Maitighar of the Capital City on Tuesday. Police later arrested the protesters. They are protesting against the interim order issued by the Supreme Court (SC) against the government’s decision to sack three NEA board members. The protesters were demanding to annual the apex court’s order and create a favorable environment for Ghising to work. They were holding placards with messages: "annul the interim order”, “take action against those enforcing load-shedding” among others. The Ministry of Energy had sacked three board members of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) on charges of non-cooperation to a campaign to reduce power outage on December 15. The board members -- Suraj Lamichhane, Manoj Mishra and Laxman Agrawal -- were sacked by a ministerial-level decision. नेपाल विद्युत प्राधिकरणका प्रमुख कार्यकारी निर्देशक कुलमान घिसिङको समर्थनमा राजधानीमा निकालिएको जुलुसमा सहभागि ३७ जनालाई प्रहरीले पक्राउ गरेको छ । ‘उज्यालो अभियान’ को नाममा राजधानीको माइतीघरमा भएको प्रदर्शनका क्रममा प्रदर्शनकारीहरुले बाटो अवरोध गर्न खोजेपछि ३७ जनालाई पक्राउ गरिएको महानगरीय प्रहरी परिसर काठमाडौंका एसपी प्रद्युम्न कार्कीले रातोपाटीलाई जानकारी दिए । उनका अनुसार पक्राउ परेकाहरुलाई नेपाल पुलिसक्लब भृकुटीमण्डप, महानगरीय प्रहरी बृत्त वानेश्वर र सिंहदरबारमा राखिएको छ । ऊर्जामन्त्रालयले नेपाल लोडसेडिङ हटाउने अभियानमा अवरोध गरेको भन्दै तीन सञ्चालक समिति सदस्यलाई हटाउने निर्णय गरेकोमा सर्वोच्चले सो निर्णय कार्यान्वयन नगर्न अन्तरिम आदेश दिएको थियो । तर कुलमानका समर्थकहरुले सर्वोच्चको आदेश खारेज हुनुपर्ने, कुलमानलाई काम गर्न दिनुपर्ने, तीन सञ्चालकलाई कारबाही गरिनुपर्नेलगायतका नारा लगाउँदै प्रदर्शन गरेका थिए ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Twosided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Group Clash
Secondary Form Demonstration
Weapons None
Primary Cause Other governance issues
Actor 1 - Number of people 30
Actor 1 - Affiliations Protesters/demonstrators
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 30
Actor 2 - Affiliation Police
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
National/Online Media

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