Incident Reports

Bomb goes off near Nuwakot voting station

2017-05-14

Bagmati, Nuwakot, Belkotgadhi, Ward 4

A bomb exploded near a voting station in Belkotgadhi Municipality of Nuwakot district while voting was underway. The bomb had exploded within the reach of 500 metres from the Panchase Secondary School voting centre in Belkotgadhi-4, DSP Rishiram Kandel of the District Police Office informed. The explosion, however, did not incur any loss. Though the incident created a terror among locals, voting was not halted. The CPN Maoist led by Netra Bikram Chand Biplav might have planted the bomb, police suspected. A local has been arrested for further investigation. नुवाकोटको बेल्कोटगढी नगरपालिकास्थित मतदान केन्द्र नजिकै बम बिष्फोट भएको छ । बेल्कोटगढी नगरपालिका वडा नम्बर ४ को पञ्चासे मावी मतदान केन्द्रभन्दा ५०० मिटरको दूरीमा बम बिष्फोट भएको र बिष्फोटले कुनै क्षति नगरेको जिल्ला प्रहरी कार्यालय नुवाकोटका डिएसपी ऋषिराम कँडेलले जानकारी दिए । विप्लव नेतृत्वको नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टीले निर्वाचन बिथोल्ने उद्देश्यले बम बिष्फोट गराएको आशंका प्रहरीले गरेको छ । बम बिष्फोट गराएको आरोपमा स्थानीय शिवराम तामाङलाई पक्राउ गरी अनुसन्धान सुरु गरेको डिएसपी कँडेलले बताए । बिष्फोटपछि मतदान स्थलमा केहिबेर त्रास देखिएपनि मतदान प्रक्रिया भने नरोकिएको प्रहरीले जनाएको छ ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Remote violence
Weapons Improvised explosive device (IED)
Primary Cause Election-related incident
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations CPN (Chand) and affiliated org
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Other state institutions
Actor 2 - Youth na
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