Incident Reports
Bharatpur deputy mayor reports she received death threat
2019-02-19
Deputy Mayor of Bharatpur Metropolitan City in Chitwan district, Parbati Shah Thakuri, has reported receiving a death threat from a student leader.
Thakuri says the leaders sent her a message on a social networking site, warning she would be killed.
Meanwhile, the Chitwan district chapter of Nepali Congress has expressed serious concerns over the death threat to Thakuri, who is also a leader of the party.
Issuing a press release on Wednesday, NC Chitwan Secretary Uttam Joshi said the party’s attention has been drawn over the incident of threat to the people-elected representative.
Such tendency would discourage the people’s representatives in their motivation to work for public goods, the release reads.
The party has also demanded the concerned side take action against those involved in such activities.
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Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Nonviolent |
| Primary Form | Threat/intimidation |
| Primary Cause | Unclear |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Other/multiple/unspecified political affiliation |
| Actor 1 - Youth | unknown |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health) |
| Actor 2 - Youth | unknown |
