Incident Reports

Unidentified group plants explosive device in front of mayoral candidate's house

2017-05-11

Gandaki, Nawalparasi West, Gaidakot, Ward 8

An unidentified group planted the IEDs at the house of CPN (Maoist Centre)’s mayoral candidate for Gaidakot Durga Dutta Dhungana on Wednesday night. A Nepal Army bomb disposal team defused the explosives on Thursday. Police suspect that the IEDs might have been planted on Wednesday night by anti-election groups or individuals. The local administration has urged the public to inform police if they come across any suspicious activities in their locality. It has claimed security has been stepped up in the area. गैंडाकोट नगरपालिका वडा नम्बर ८ स्थित मेयरका उम्मेदवार दुर्गादत्त ढुंगानाको घर बाहिर बालुवाको थुप्रोमा राखिएको सकेट बम सेनाको बज्रदल गणको टोलीले बिहीबार निस्कृय पारेको हो । सकेट बम सेनाको टोलीले नजिकैको खाल्डोमा हालेर निस्कृय पारेको जिल्ला प्रहरी कार्यालयले जनाएको छ ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Symbolic violence
Weapons Improvised explosive device (IED)
Primary Cause Election-related incident
Actor 1 - Number of people 3
Actor 1 - Affiliations Unclear
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) CPN (Maoist Center) and affiliated org
Actor 2 - Youth noyouth
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Chitwan , Local Newspaper - Saptari

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