Incident Reports

Polling stalled at Sahare polling booth of Tamakoshi in Dolakha

2017-05-14

Bagmati, Dolakha, Tamakoshi, Ward 5

Voting of Sahare Polling Centre of Tamakoshi Rural Municipality ward number 5 has been stalled after a woman sustained minor injury due to police firing to control the scuffle. According to Election Officer of Tamakoshi Rural Municipality Bisworaj Neupane, police had to resort to blank fire following scuffle among the cadres of parties. "Since a woman sustained minor injury due to the firing, the voting of the Sahare booth has been stalled," Neupane told the Post over telephone.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Twosided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Fight
Weapons None
Primary Cause Election-related incident
Actor 1 - Number of people 3
Actor 1 - Affiliations Other/multiple/unspecified political affiliation
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation Other/multiple/unspecified political affiliation
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Injured 1
Female Injured 1
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