Incident Reports

Baton charge of police leaves 4 injured

2018-08-29

Gandaki, Kaski, Pokhara Lekhnath

Three female social volunteers in Gandaki State sustained injuries after security personnel on Wednesday intervened with brutal force in a volunteer’s protest in front of State Chief Minister’s Office in Pokhara. Police charged batons and heels at the female volunteers who were staging a protest demanding job reinstatement. The injured have been identified as Secretary of Social Volunteers’ Association of Gandaki, Bhawana Shrestha, Sangita Bhandari of Kaski and Sachina Kumari Sharma of Parbat. All three are undergoing treatment for head injuries at Gandaki Medical College. Police used brute force and thrashed protestors with batons and heels. Authorities have not bat an eye despite the volunteers relaying information on use of brutal force by police to both Nepal Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC), according to a female volunteer. The protesting volunteers were chanting slogans outside a protest ban area. Nonetheless, police intervened at the site, a third intervention in 18 days. पुनर्वहालीको माग राख्दै आन्दोनरत् सामाजिक परिचालकहरू माथि प्रहरीले भदौ १३ गते पोखरामा लाठिचार्ज गरेको छ । जिल्ला प्रशासन कार्यलय, कास्की अगाडि आन्दोलन गरिरहेका सामाजिक परिचालकमाथि प्रहरीले लाठिचार्ज गर्दा चारजना सामाजिक परिचालक घाइते भएका छन् । घाइते हुनेमा कास्कीको पोखरा महानगरपालिका स्थित वडा नम्बर ९ की सामाजिक परिचालक २५ वर्षीया भावना श्रेष्ठ, अन्नपूर्ण गाउँपालिकाकी सामाजिक परिचालक २९ वर्षीया सङ्गिता भण्डारी, पर्वत जिल्ला कुश्मा नगरपालिका स्थित वडा नम्बर २ की सामाजिक परिचालक ३० वर्षीया सचिनाकुमारी शर्मा र स्याङ्जा जिल्ला वालिङ नगरपालिकाकी सामाजिक परिचालक अमृता नेपाली रहेको आन्दोलनरत् सामाजिक परिचालक सिता केसीले जानकारी दिइन् । टाउकोमा गम्भीर चोट लागेका घाइतेहरूको उपचार पोखरा स्वास्थ्य विज्ञान प्रतिष्ठानमा उपचार भइरहेको नेपाल सामाजिक परिचालक कर्मचारी सङ्घ, गण्डकी प्रदेश अध्यक्ष पिताम्बर नेपालीले जानकारी दिए । जिल्ला प्रहरी कार्यालयकी सई गीता रानाभाटले आन्दोलनरत परिचालकले आदेश अवज्ञा गरेका कारण घटना भएको प्रतिक्रिया दिइन् ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Violence against civilians
Secondary Form Demonstration
Weapons Blunt weapon
Primary Cause Labor disputes, not including civil servants
Actor 1 - Number of people 10
Actor 1 - Affiliations Police
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 10
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Police Protesters/demonstrators
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Injured 4
Female Injured 4
Youth Injured 1
INSEC , National/Online Media

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