2019-09-15
A woman from Sanni Tribeni rural municipality-1 in Kalikot lodged a complaint at District Police Office Kalikot on September 15 against 39-year-old Karna Jaisi and his wife 32-year-old Binda Jaisi accusing them of beating her on the charge of so called witchcraft.
According to the victim, the couple beat and insulted her accusing her of causing stomach ache by performing so called witchcraft. She sustained injury on her head and chest in the attack from the couple. The victim is a teacher at Namkha rural municipality-6 based Himsikhar primary school.
Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
Primary Form | Assault (small group) |
Weapons | None |
Primary Cause | Extra-judicial response on basis of witchcraft allegations |
Actor 1 - Number of people | 2 |
Actor 1 - Affiliations | Citizen/Individuals |
Actor 1 - Youth | noyouth |
Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Citizen/Individuals |
Actor 2 - Youth | noyouth |
Total Injured | 1 |
Female Injured | 1 |
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