Incident Reports
NSU protest petroleum price hike
2018-06-14
Two Nepal Students Union leaders were injured in police intervention in a demonstration taken out against price hike in petroleum products. NSU Central Member Anil Shahi and student leader Gautam BC were injured while Central Member Hari Sharma was arrested by the police.
The students gathered at Birendra Chowk and burnt the effigy of Prime Minister KP Oli at around 5 pm in the evening.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Twosided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Collective |
| Primary Form | Group Clash |
| Secondary Form | Demonstration |
| Weapons | Blunt weapon |
| Primary Cause | Issues related to commodity availability, prices, and subsidies |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 50 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Nepali Congress and affiliated org |
| Actor 1 - Youth | unknown |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 30 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation | Police |
| Actor 2 - Youth | unknown |
| Total Injured | 2 |
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