Incident Reports

Road blocked for 2 hours after police deny registering complaint

2019-11-23

Madhes, Siraha, Golbazar, Ward 8

23-year-old Kusum Kumari Mandal of Mithila BihariMunicipality-3 died on Saturday. Mandal's parents tried to file a complaint of murder at Dhanusha District Office. However, the police denied registering the complaint. Mandal's relatives blocked the East-West highway section in Golbazar Municipality for 2 hours demanding registration of the complaint.

Jibach Mandal, the father of the deceased, claimed that his daughter was killed. He added that the in-laws assaulted and mentally abused his daughter for insufficient dowry.

The body is being sent to Dharan for a post-mortem examination.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Road block
Primary Cause Issues related to legal action and access to justice
Actor 1 - Number of people 10
Actor 1 - Affiliations Protesters/demonstrators
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Police
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Morang , Local Newspaper - Sunsari , Local Newspaper - Saptari , Local Newspaper - Siraha

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