Incident Reports
Doctor accused of misbehaving with journalist
2019-01-07
Doctor Badri Poudel working at Charak Memorial Hospital situated at Pokhara-9 allegedly misbehaved with journalists on January 7.
32-year-old Hemraj Adhikari, Station Manager of Phewa Television, of Pokhara-27 and 17-year-old cameraperson of Pokhara-13 were allegedly misbehaved by the doctor when questioned about the debate arising among the hospital management since last few days.
The victims informed Federation of Nepalese Journalists, Kaski about the incident. However, they have not filed any complaints.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
| Primary Form | Assault (small group) |
| Secondary Form | Attack on Journalist |
| Weapons | None |
| 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 | Health sector/health workers, doctors |
| Actor 1 - Youth | noyouth |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 2 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Journalist/Media |
| Actor 2 - Youth | youth |
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