Incident Reports

NC mayoral candidate's SUV vandalized

2017-06-13

Lumbini, Banke, Nepalgunj

A vehicle belonging to Nepali Congress (NC) mayoral candidate in Nepalgunj Sub Metropolis was vandalized Tuesday morning. The Scorpio SUV (Ba 14 Cha 1387) which was returning to the party's liaison office after leaving NC candidate, Dr Suresh Kanodiya, at a door-to-door election campaign at Puraina in ward no 22 was vandalized at the Tribhuvan intersection. Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJP-N) leader Lalit Kumar Rauniyar pelted the vehicle with stones at the intersection. Police have taken Rauniyar under detention. Dr Kanodiya has urged all the political parties to avoid violence and vandalism during the elections. "Join the healthy competition, it is the responsibility of all the parties to hold the elections in a fearless environment, the people will vote the person they like," he said. RSS राष्ट्रिय जनता पार्टी (राजपा)का कार्यकर्ताले कांग्रेसको तर्फबाट नेपालगन्ज उपमहानगरपालिकाका मेयर उम्मेदवार डा. सुरेशकुमार कनोडियाको गाडीमा ढुंगा हानेका छन्। कनोडियालाई लिन उनको निवासतर्फ जाँदै गरेको बेला बिहान ८:१० बजे बा१४छ १३४७ नम्बरको गाडीमा ढुंगा हानिएको जिल्ला प्रहरी कार्यालयका एसपी टेकप्रसाद राईले जानकारी दिए। उनका अनुसार गाडीको सिसा फुटेको छ। ढुंगा प्रहार गर्ने राजपा कार्यकर्ता ललितकुमार रौनियारलाई प्रहरीले नियन्त्रणमा लिएको छ। डा. कनोडियाले घटनालाई सामान्य बताए। सार्वजनिक यातायात र बजारमा राजपाद्धारा घोषित बन्दको खासै प्रभाव छैन।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Vandalism
Weapons Unclear
Primary Cause Election-related incident
Actor 1 - Number of people 5
Actor 1 - Affiliations Madhes-based Parties
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Nepali Congress and affiliated org
Actor 2 - Youth noyouth
Totally damaged Vehicles 1
National/Online Media , INSEC , Local Newspaper - Banke , Local Newspaper - Saptari , Local Newspaper - Sarlahi

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