Incident Reports

Indian truck carrying vegetables and fruits vandalized in Narayangadh

2019-07-09

Bagmati, Chitawan, Bharatpur

A group of youths vandalized an Indian truck carrying fruits and vegetables at around 3 am on July 9 in Metropolis Fruits and Vegetable Market. The front mirror of the truck, which had four thousand kilograms of mangoes, is broken. Eyewitnesses said that the youths who came on a scooter vandalized the truck. In an attempt to burn the truck, they sprayed the petrol over the truck but fled from the scene when their matchstick did not light up. 

Thir Prasad Dhital, the market management director, said that about 10 to 12 trucks carrying fruits and vegetables regularly came to Narayangadh. However,  those vehicles arrive Narayanghat only sporadically since the news about sub-standard fruits and vegetables came to limelight, he added.  

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Vandalism
Weapons Blunt weapon
Primary Cause Access/control of economic markets (syndicates, market relocation)
Actor 1 - Number of people 2
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth youth
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Private company
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Totally damaged Vehicles 1
National/Online Media

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