Incident Reports

UDMF cadres disrupt voters edu training, clash with cops

2017-04-22

Madhes, Saptari, Rajbiraj

A clash ensued between security personnel and the United Democratic Madhesi Front cadres after the later disrupted a training on voters’ education in Rajbiraj of Saptari district on Saturday. A group of UDMF cadres barged into Anirudra Secondary School where the training was being imparted on local volunteers, and seized materials related to voter education. At least four UDMF cadres were injured after police resorted to lathi charge. Three of them were taken to the Sagarmatha Zonal Hospital, while the fourth person with serious injuries was referred to Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences. Later, UDMF cadres protested the police action, burning tyres at several places in the district headquarters.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Twosided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Group Clash
Secondary Form Program Interference/Obstruction
Weapons Blunt weapon
Primary Cause Election-related incident
Actor 1 - Number of people 50
Actor 1 - Affiliations Madhes-based Parties
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 24
Actor 2 - Affiliation Police
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
National/Online Media , INSEC , Local Newspaper - Dhanusha , Local Newspaper - Saptari

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