Incident Reports
Journalist's daughter abducted for writing news
2019-04-02
A complaint has been lodged with the police after 18-year-old daughter of Bidhu Chauhan, Mamata , was abducted. Bindhu Chauhan, a resident of Lumbini Saskritik Municipality-11, works as a correspondent at Butwal Today Daily Newspaper and Buddha Samudahik Television. She was threatened twice-once after writing news against ox smugglers and the second time after informing police of the incident in which a woman was beaten by a group of people.
Abducted Mamata cannot speak or hear. Nepal Journalist Forum, Rupandehi has condemned the incident. Police are investigating to find who and why Mamata was abducted.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
| Primary Form | Abduction |
| Weapons | None |
| Primary Cause | Issues related to freedom of expression and civil rights |
| Secondary Cause | Freedom of Expression |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 5 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Citizen/Individuals |
| Actor 1 - Youth | unknown |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Journalist/Media |
| Actor 2 - Youth | youth |
| Total Abducted | 1 |
| Female Abducted | 1 |
| Youth Abducted | 1 |
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