Incident Reports

Police fire shots as two families clash over land dispute

2017-12-25

Madhes, Rautahat, Garuda, Ward 8

Police have fired shots into the air to take the situation under control after two families clashed with each other over land dispute in Garuda Municipality-8 in the district. The situation turned nasty after Hari Koshor Thakur of Garuda Municipality-8 brought a land surveyor to measure his land, claiming over some of his neighbor Atullah’s land. They started attacking with each other with stones and bricks prompting police to fire shots into the air to control the tense situation. Locals briefly staged a road blockade for two and a half hours in Chandrapur Gaur road section after the police detained the two people. Four people who sustained injuries in the clash are undergoing treatment at a local hospital. Police have released Thakur and Atullah after they convinced them that they would settle the dispute at the local level.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Twosided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Group Clash
Secondary Form Road block
Weapons Blunt weapon , Blunt weapon
Primary Cause Disputes over inheritance, debt, land and other economic disputes
Actor 1 - Number of people 4
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals , Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 4
Actor 2 - Affiliation Citizen/Individuals Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Injured 4
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Rautahat , Local Newspaper - Parsa , Local Newspaper - Dhanusha

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