Incident Reports

Family subjects daughter-in-law to domestic violence

2018-11-11

Province 1, Morang, Biratnagar, Ward 1

A woman in Biratnagar has been beaten by her family for requesting them to register her marriage and birth of her daughter. Devika Kandel Ghimire of Biratnagar metropolitan city-1 was physically assaulted by her husband Khagendra Ghimire and sister-in-law Homa Ghimire Sunday. Police arrested them after neighbors reported the police about the incident. They were both released on Monday under pressure from Nepali Congress provincial assembly member Shanta Poudel and other congress leaders. Inspector Jamuna Basnet of District Police Office Morang's Women and Children service center said police released them after both parties agreed to reconcile following day long meeting on Monday. Homa is a former central committee member of Nepali Congress youth wing Tarun Dal. 




Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Weapons None
Primary Cause Domestic violence
Actor 1 - Number of people 2
Actor 1 - Affiliations Family/relative
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Family/relative
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Abducted 00
Youth Abducted 00
Severely damaged Buildings 00
Local Newspaper - Morang

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