Incident Reports
Rural municipality head threatens journalist in Nawalparasi
2019-04-29
Lumbini, Nawalparasi West, Palhi Nandan, Ward 1
Bechu Gaund, of Ramgram municipality-3, correspondent of Butwal Today and a member of FNJ Nawalparasi, has accused the head of Palhinanda rural municipality, Dipak Gupta of threatening him for writing a report about irregularity in the construction of road in Palhinandan rural municipality-1.
The victim filed a complaint at the District Police Office against Gupta on April 30. Issuing a press statement, FNJ Nawalparasi condemned the incident of the threat on the journalist.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Nonviolent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
| Primary Form | Threat/intimidation |
| Secondary Form | Threat/intimidation |
| Weapons | None |
| Primary Cause | Issues related to freedom of expression and civil rights |
| Secondary Cause | Freedom of Expression |
| 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 | noyouth |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Journalist/Media |
| Actor 2 - Youth | noyouth |
| Youth Injured | 00 |
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