Incident Reports

Police arrest NSU members for vandalising PU-affiliated colleges

2019-03-31

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Kathmandu

Nepal Student Union members have been arrested by police for vandalising colleges affiliated with Pokhara University.

According to police, the students vandalised Ace, Apex, SAIM and Rajdhani colleges where they put up black banners and spray-painted ‘Mafia’ on the colleges’ walls.

NSU leader Navaraj Tripathi says that the union was protesting because PU affiliated colleges had given admission to 391 students illegally and later barred them from giving their exams.

Tripathi and 10 others have been arrested by police and handed over to Teku police station.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Vandalism
Weapons None
Primary Cause Issues related to the quality of public services (health, education etc.)and access to these services
Actor 1 - Number of people 5
Actor 1 - Affiliations Nepali Congress and affiliated org
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people N
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Education sector/teachers (private and public)
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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