2019-05-20
28-year-old Bikash Bista, son of the chairperson of Naraharinath rural municipality has been accused of issuing death threat to journalist Ramesh Rawal, a resident of Naraharinath rural municipality-9 over a news reported by Rawal.
According to journalist Rawal, Bista threatened him over the phone on May 20 to kill him over a piece of news about the misuse of rural municipality vehicle, he contributed in Thaha khabar online news portal. Bista called from a mobile number 9843654217.
Rawal filed an application at District Administration Office Kalikot demanding security. CDO of Kalikot Chandra Bahadur Karki said proper investigation would be carried into the incident.
Violent / Non-violent | Nonviolent |
Primary Form | Threat/intimidation |
Secondary Form | Threat/intimidation |
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 | CPN (Maoist Center) and affiliated org |
Actor 1 - Youth | na |
Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Journalist/Media |
Actor 2 - Youth | unknown |
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