Incident Reports
Voting suspended after CPN UML, Maoist Center cadres clash in Mellekh
2017-06-28
Sudurpashchim, Achham, Mellekh, Ward 6
Polling at Mellekh rural municipality-6 of Achham has been suspended after a clash between cadres of Communist Party of Nepal Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) and Communist party of Nepal-Maoist Center (CPN-MC)on Wednesday. Police fired warning shots into the air to take the situation under control.
अछामको मेल्लेख गाउँपालिका वडा नम्बर ६ मा एमाले र माओवादी कार्यकर्ताबीच झडप भएको छ । झडप नियन्त्रण्मा लिने क्रममा प्रहरीले हवाई फायर गरेको छ ।
स्थिति तनावपूर्ण भएपछि मतदान कार्य स्थगित भएको छ । मेल्लेखमा माओवादी र कांग्रेसबीच तालमेल छ भने एमाले एक्लै प्रतिस्पर्धामा छ । दुई दिनअघि एमाले ७ नम्बर प्रदेश संयोजक भीम रावलले मेल्लेख पुगेर कार्यकर्ता उत्तेजित पारेको आरोप माओवादीले लगाएको छ ।
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Twosided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Collective |
| Primary Form | Group Clash |
| Weapons | Improvised explosive device (IED) |
| Primary Cause | Election-related incident |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 5 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | UML and affiliated org |
| Actor 1 - Youth | unknown |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 5 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation | CPN (Maoist Center) and affiliated org |
| Actor 2 - Youth | unknown |
Other Sources ,
National/Online Media ,
Local Newspaper - Kanchanpur
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