Incident Reports
Witchcraft allegation: Ward secretary along with three arrested
2018-11-13
Police have arrested 54 years old ward secretary Tika Ram Acharya of Tilottama Municipality-4, his wife Kamala Acharya, 48 and 23 years old daughter Pratigya Acharya on November 12 on charge of misbehaving 52 years old two women alleging them of being witch.
The victim had lodged complaint at District Police Office on November 12 against the accused on charge of misbehaving her on a witchcraft allegation according to DSP Dil Bahadur Malla.
The victim was misbehaved alleging her of making Kamala and her daughter Pratigya ill with black magic spell.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
| Primary Form | Assault (small group) |
| Weapons | None |
| Primary Cause | Extra-judicial response on basis of witchcraft allegations |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 3 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health) |
| Actor 1 - Youth | noyouth |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 2 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Citizen/Individuals |
| Actor 2 - Youth | noyouth |
| Total Injured | 2 |
| Female Injured | 2 |
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