Incident Reports

Former president beats the president of community forest group

2019-03-29

The president and another consumer, who were deployed to control the forest fire, got into a fight in Gaighat. Barma Lal Dahal, 72, the president of Aasari community forest consumer group, and Bibandra Thapa, a consumer of the same group, were attacked by Bishnu Bahadur Thapa, the former president of the same group on Friday night.

According to Jaggeshwar Sah, the information officer of the Gaighat Division Forest Office, Thapa attacked those two people after he was caught lighting a fire in the forest.  

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Weapons None
Primary Cause Access/control of other natural resources (forest, minerals)
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 2
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
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