Incident Reports

UDMF cadres vandalise Rajbiraj coordination committee, municipal office

2017-03-30

Madhes, Saptari, Rajbiraj

United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) cadres on Thursday vandalised offices of the District Coordination Committee and the Rajbiraj Municipality in Rajbiraj of Saptari district. The UDMF cadres shattered the windows of the Rajbiraj municipal office, vandalised its doors, furniture and computers, before moving on to the Committee Office. The UDMF marched towards the Committee Office in a rally, chanting slogans. There, the cadres entered the account, administration and planning section offices and resorted to vandalism. Before this, the UDMF cadres had padlocked both the offices. The damage incurred in the vandalism has been estimated to be around Rs one million, according to the employees. The UDMF cadres also padlocked the District Land Reform Office citing they did not collect revenue under the previously existing structure.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Vandalism
Secondary Form Demonstration
Weapons Blunt weapon
Primary Cause Election-related incident
Actor 1 - Number of people 24
Actor 1 - Affiliations Madhes-based Parties
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Siraha , Local Newspaper - Saptari , Local Newspaper - Dhanusha

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