Incident Reports

Three ward heads of Biratnagar accused of directing a murder

2019-06-15

Province 1, Morang, Biratnagar, Ward 14

Baldev Yadav, Sanjay Sah, and Pradip Yadav—the ward chairperson of Biratnagar Municipality-14, Biratnagar Municipality-18, and Jahada Rural Municipality-1 respectively—have been accused of directing a violent physical assault of Samananda Yadav on June 15. Yadav died while undergoing treatment on July 11.  Yadav was mercilessly beaten during a dispute over the issue of matchmaking for Yadav's son. Samandanda had promised of tying a knot to a girl's family but his son had rejected the arrangement. Samandanda then said that he could not stand up to the promise; therefore, the marriage could not happen. The group of Baldev Yadav pressurized Samanda for marriage. The proceeding took an ugly turn as Samananda was mercilessly beaten thereafter.  Yadav's son, Rajesh Yadav, filed a complaint of physical assault against those three ward head on June 15.

However, the police denied registering the complaint. Rajesh then held a press conference to inform of the situation. The police registered the complaint but did not take any definite steps even after the press conference. The relatives of the deceased have protested against the inaction of the police in this matter. The locals accused the police o indifference of police toward the head's poliitcal connection. 

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Weapons None
Primary Cause Other non-economic personal issues (revenge, passion etc.)
Actor 1 - Number of people 3
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) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth youth
Total Killed 1
Youth Killed 1
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Morang , Local Newspaper - Siraha

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