Incident Reports

Police fire six rounds to arrest gamblers in Bara

2017-10-19

Madhes, Bara, Jitpur Simara

Police in the wee hours of Friday fired six rounds of bullet to arrest the gamblers at Bakuliya in Jitpur Simara Sub-Metropolitan City of Bara district. A team deployed from the Area Police Office, Simara, fired warning shots into the air to raid a gambling a den at 2am today. "Police had to fire into the air after the locals picketed the police personnel who had gone to Bakuliya to control arrest the gamblers. Police had gone there acting on a tip-off," according to DSP Bhubaneshwor Sah of the District Police Office, Bara. Sah said that the gamblers from other villages surrounded the police as they tried to arrest the gamblers at Bakuliya, and the police had to fire into the air to take the situation under control. It has been learnt that a clash had also ensued between the gamblers and the police. A policeman and some locals sustained minor injuries in the clash, police said. Police have arrested one Shankar Chaudhary of Bakuliya, Jitpursimara Sub-Metropolitan City and also confiscated Rs 15,000 in cash from his possession. बाराको जितपुरसिमरा उपमहानगरपालिकास्थित बकुलियामा प्रहरीले जुवाडे समाउन छ राउण्ड गोली प्रहार गरेको छ। बिहीबार राति २ बजे जुवाको खाल नियन्त्रणमा लिने क्रममा इलाका प्रहरी कार्यालय सिमराले छ राउण्ड हवाईफायर गरेको प्रहरीले जनाएको छ। बकुलियामा जुवा खेलिरहेको सूचनाका आधारमा जुवा नियन्त्रण गर्न पुगेका प्रहरीलाई स्थानीयवासीले घेरेपछि प्रहरीले गोली चलाएको जिल्ला प्रहरी कार्यालय बाराका प्रहरी प्रवक्ता प्रहरी नायब उपरीक्षक भुवनेश्वर साहले जानकारी दिए। प्रहरीले एक ठाउँका जुवाडेलाई समाउन खोज्दा गाउँका अन्य ठाउँमा सञ्चालित जुवाडेहरुले प्रहरीलाई गाउँमै घेरेको र बाध्य भएर स्थिति नियन्त्रणमा लिन हवाईफायर गरेको प्रवक्ता साहको भनाइ छ। जुवाडे र प्रहरीबीच दोहोर झडपसमेत भएको थियो। झडपमा एक प्रहरीसहित केही स्थानीयवासी सामान्य घाइते भएको प्रहरीले जनाएको छ। प्रहरीले जितपुरसिमरा उपमहानगरपालिका-५ बकुलियाका शंकर चौधरी थारुलाई नियन्त्रणमा लिएको छ भने नगद रु १५ हजार बरामद गरेको छ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Twosided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Group Clash
Weapons Homemade/traditional firearms
Primary Cause Related to organized crime and illegal trade (drugs, arms, non-gendered human trafficking, protection racket, gang violence, etc.)
Actor 1 - Number of people 20
Actor 1 - Affiliations Criminal
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 10
Actor 2 - Affiliation Police
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Injured 3
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Parsa

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