Incident Reports

Daily Express: SSP Lohani assaults cameraman

2018-05-02

Province 1, Morang, Biratnagar

Senior Superintendent of Police Dibesh Lohani, who was sent to judicial custody on Wednesday in the high-profile gold smuggling case, allegedly assaulted a cameraman in the district court of Morang. Cameraman Dhruv Bhattarai and photojournalist Sunam Timalsina were filming videos and clicking photos when Bhattarai was allegedly kicked by Lohani while the accused were leaving the court. Morang chapter of the Federation of Nepali Journalists and FNJ have condemned the incident and sought action against the guilty and security guarantee for journalists. मोरङ जिल्ला अदालत परिसरमा प्रहरी वरिष्ठ उपरीक्षक एसएसपी दिवेश लोहनीले सञ्चारकर्मीमाथि लात्ती प्रहार गरेका छन् । उनी महानगरीय अपराध अनुसन्धान महाशाखाका तत्कालीन प्रमुख समेत हुन् । साढे ३३ केजी सुन प्रकरणमा पक्राउ परेका एसएसपी दिवेश लोहनीले सञ्चारकर्मीमाथि लात्ती प्रहार गरेका हुन् । पक्राउ परेका अभियुक्तहरुको तस्वीर लिन खोज्दा उनले पत्रकारमाथी लात्ती प्रहार गरेका हुन् । उनले हानेको लात्ती पत्रकारको क्यामेरामा लागेको थियो । उनले जिल्ला अदालत परिसरबाट निस्किने क्रममा विराटनगरका पत्रकार ध्रुव भट्टराई र पत्रकार सुमन सुस्केरामाथी हातपात गरेका हुन् ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Secondary Form Attack on Journalist
Primary Cause Issues related to freedom of expression and civil rights
Secondary Cause Freedom of Expression
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Police
Actor 1 - Youth noyouth
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Journalist/Media
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Local Newspaper - Dhanusha

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