Incident Reports

Clash between villagers, police opens dozen rounds of fire

2018-09-26

Madhes, Rautahat, Garuda, Ward 8

Police opened fire after the clash between the two parties started while cremating the dead body at Dhora River bank at Shripur of Rautahat on September 26. There was a dispute between the two parties while cremating the body of 65 years old Ramprit Sahani of Garuda Municipality-9. Police had opened 32 rounds of fire and 29 cells of tear gas to control the mob. Some of the locals were injured in a clash according to the District Police Office of Rautahat. Previously,there was a dispute on a same place while cremating the body and e body was cremated somewhere else after the agreement with local representative, administration and locals. रौतहटको श्रीपुरमा रहेको ढोरानदीको किनारमा शव जलाउने क्रममा गाउँलेको दुई पक्षबिच विवाद हुँदा असोज १० गते दिउँसो प्रहरीले गोली चलाउनु परेको छ । रौतहटको गरुडा नपा–९ स्थित श्रीपुरका ६५ वर्षीय रामप्रित सहनीको मृत्यु भइ शव जलाउने क्रममा विवाद भएको हो । दुवैपक्ष बिच झडप हुँदा प्रहरीले ३२ राउण्ड भन्दा बढी हवाइ फायर र २९ सेल अश्रुग्यास प्रहार गरेको जनाएको छ । झपडमा केही स्थानीय घाइते भएका छन् । झडपमा असई विश्वनाथ यादव घाइते भएको जिल्ला प्रहरी कार्यालय रौतहटले जनाएको छ । केही दिन अघि पनि सोही स्थानमा शव जलाउने क्रममा विवाद हुँदा जनप्रतिनिधि, स्थानीय प्रशासन र स्थानियबासीबिच छलफल भइ शव अन्यत्र जलाउने सहमति भएको थियो ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Twosided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Group Clash
Primary Cause Others
Actor 1 - Number of people 10
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 10
Actor 2 - Affiliation Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Injured 3
INSEC , National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Dhanusha , Local Newspaper - Parsa , Local Newspaper - Rautahat , Local Newspaper - Dhanusha

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