Incident Reports

Purwanchal: Local representative arrested on charges of enforced abortion

2018-04-20

Lumbini, Rukum East, Sisne, Ward 3

On April 21, a local representative at Sisne rural municipal ward number 3 was arrested on allegations of enforced abortion. The woman hailing from the same municipality lodged a complaint against Rudra Bahadur Sunar stating that Sunar lulled her into a false promise of marriage and got her pregnant. She also clarified that though sex between them was consensual, the abortion was forceful. The woman lodged a complaint after excessive bleeding due to abortion. रुकुम पूर्वको सिस्ने गाउँपालिकाका एक जनप्रतिनिधिलाई प्रहरीले नियन्त्रणमा लिएको छ । उक्त गाउँपालिका-३ पोखराकी एक महिलालाई जबरजस्ती गर्भपतन गराएको आरोपमा गाउँ कार्यपालिका सदस्य रुद्रबहादुर सुनारलाई प्रहारीले नियन्त्रणमा लिएको हो । सुनारले विवाह गर्ने आश्वासन दिंदै बेलाबेला अवैध यौन सम्पर्क गरेर आफुलाई गर्भवती बनाएको भन्दै ती महिलाले प्रहरीसमक्ष उजुरी दिएकी छन् । प्रहरीका अनुसार सुनार विवाहित हुन् । सहमतिमा यौन सम्पर्क भए पनि गर्भपतनपछि अत्यधिक रक्तश्राव भएपछी महिलाले प्रहरीसमक्ष उजुरी दिएको बताइएको छ ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Other violent form
Weapons None
Primary Cause Other types of GBV
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Local Newspaper - Jhapa

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