Incident Reports

Journo assaulted in Nepalgunj

2019-07-10

Lumbini, Banke, Nepalgunj

Employees of Batika Hotel in Nepalgunj assaulted three journalists; Durga Rokaya, Bureau Chief of Avenues Television, Jageshwor Chaudhary and Bhim Poudel on Wednesday afternoon. 

In the incident, the camera of Avenues television and mobiles of the journalists were also damaged. Some time ago, a group was arrested from the hotel with 35 lakh Nepali rupees collected from people in the pretext of getting them into the Indian Army. 

The employees attacked journalists who reached the hotel to film a video telling them to delete the footage. 

According to SP Bir Bahadur Oli, the police arrested two persons involved in the incident.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Secondary Form Attack on Journalist
Weapons None
Primary Cause Issues related to freedom of expression and civil rights
Secondary Cause Freedom of Expression
Actor 1 - Number of people 3
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 3
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Journalist/Media
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
National/Online Media

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